Prex Merrill

Prex Merrill

Merrill pictured in Monticola 1913, West Virginia University yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1884-01-15)January 15, 1884 De Kalb Junction, New York, U.S.
Died	February 23, 1935(1935-02-23) (aged 51) Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Colgate University West Virginia University Yale University
Playing career
1909	West Virginia
Position(s)	Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1910	Broaddus
Head coaching record
Overall	1–3

Austin Cook "Prex" Merrill (January 15, 1884 – February 23, 1935) was an American college football coach.[1] He was the head football coach at Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia for one season, in 1910, compiling a record of 1–3.[2] Merrill also coached at Bethany College in West Virginia. He later worked as a lawyer.[3]

Merrill attended West Virginia University, graduating in law in 1912 as well as Yale University, where he received his A.B.[4][5] He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities while at WVU.[6]

Merrill died of a heart attack due to coronary thrombosis in 1935.[7] At the time of his death, Merrill was serving as a Clerk for the U.S. District Court for Northern West Virginia.[8]

References

1. http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1935-36.pdf Archived June 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine ^[bare URL PDF]
2. DeLassus, David. "Broaddus College Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
3. "World History Encyclopedia".
4. "The Monticola". Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co. 1896.
5. "Bethanian, 1912". Bethany College. 1912.
6. http://phikappapsi.archeios.com/files/2012/03/1914-15_vol-35_no-1-6.pdf^[permanent dead link‍] ^[bare URL PDF]
7. "West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image".
8. "Austin C Merrill, U.S. Court Clerk, Is Dead, Charleston Gazette, February 23, 1935, Charleston, West Virginia