George Sauer

George Sauer

Sauer from 1934 Cornhusker
Sport(s)	Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1910-12-11)December 11, 1910 Stratton, Nebraska
Died	Waco, Texas
Playing career
1931–1933	Nebraska
1935–1937	Green Bay Packers
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1937–1941	New Hampshire
1946–1947	Kansas
1948–1949	Navy
1950–1955	Baylor
Basketball
1938–1939	New Hampshire
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1950–1958	Baylor
1961	New York Titans (GM)
1962–1969	New York Titans/Jets (dir. pro pers.)
1969–1970	Boston Patriots (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	78–55–9 (football) 3–14 (basketball)
Bowls	0–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Big Six (1946–1947)
Awards
All-American, 1933
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile)

George Henry Sauer (December 11, 1910 – February 5, 1994) was an American football player, coach, college sports administrator, and professional football executive. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Nebraska from 1931 to 1933 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1935 to 1937. Sauer served as the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire (1937–1941), the University of Kansas (1946–1947), the United States Naval Academy (1948–1949), and Baylor University (1950–1955), compiling a career college football record of 78–55–9. He was also the head basketball coach at New Hampshire for one season in 1938–39, tallying a mark of 3–14. Sauer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.

Career

Sauer attended the University of Nebraska where he was an All-American halfback under Dana X. Bible. He coached at the University of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941. Although he only coached two years at Kansas, he compiled a 15–3–2 (.786) record.

Sauer was a World War II veteran, having obtained the rank of lieutenant colonel. He went on to become Baylor's athletic director. He was named general manager of the NFL's New York Titans in 1961 and was director of player personnel from 1962 to 1969. He was also General Manager of the Boston Patriots in 1969 and 1970.

Sauer was the father of American Football League All-League wide receiver George Sauer, Jr. of the New York Jets.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
New Hampshire Wildcats (New England Conference) (1937–1941)
1937	New Hampshire	7–1
1938	New Hampshire	3–6
1939	New Hampshire	3–5
1940	New Hampshire	5–3
1941	New Hampshire	4–3–1
New Hampshire:		22–18–1
Kansas Jayhawks (Big Six Conference) (1946–1947)
1946	Kansas	7–2–1	4–1	T–1st
1947	Kansas	8–1–2	4–0–1	T–1st	L Orange		12
Kansas:		15–3–3	8–1–1
Navy Midshipmen (Independent) (1948–1949)
1948	Navy	0–8–1
1949	Navy	3–5–1
Navy:		3–13–2
Baylor Bears (Southwest Conference) (1950–1955)
1950	Baylor	7–3	4–2	2nd		15
1951	Baylor	8–2–1	4–1–1	2nd	L Orange	9	9
1952	Baylor	4–4–2	1–3–2	5th
1953	Baylor	7–3	4–2	3rd
1954	Baylor	7–4	4–2	T–3rd	L Gator		18
1955	Baylor	5–5	2–4	T–5th
Baylor:		38–21–3	19–14–3
Total:		78–55–9
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

External links

• George Sauer at the College Football Hall of Fame
• George Sauer at the College Football Data Warehouse
• George Sauer at Pro-Football-Reference.com
• George Sauer at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com