:Alfred C. Werner

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| name = Alfred C. Werner

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|9|24}}

| birth_place = Ilion, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|1|10|1917|9|24}}

| death_place = Sun City, Arizona, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1941–1942

| coach_team2 = Allegheny

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1942–1943

| coach_team4 = Allegheny

| admin_years1 = 1966–1978

| admin_team1 = Albany

| overall_record = 2–10 (football)
10–3 (basketball)

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Alfred C. Werner (September 24, 1917 – January 10, 2013) was an American football, basketball, soccer, and track coach, physical education professor, and college athletics administrator.

Biography

Werner earned a doctorate in physical education from Springfield College and taught at the University at Albany, SUNY, the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, the United States Military Academy, and Allegheny College.{{cite news |title=Dr. Werner Consultant on Aging |newspaper=The Schenectady Gazette |date=June 7, 1974 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SmgtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OIkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2018,1642138 |accessdate=November 27, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gQNXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=20INAAAAIBAJ&pg=5811,3143284&dq=alfred+c+werner+allegheny&hl=en|title = The News-Dispatch - Google News Archive Search}}

While at Springfield, Werner competed on the football, basketball, and track and field teams.

Coaching career

Werner was the head football coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for the 1941 and 1942 seasons. His coaching record at Allegheny was 2–10.{{Cite web

|last=DeLassus

|first=David

|title=Allegheny Coaching Records

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/allegheny/coaching_records.php

|accessdate=November 24, 2010

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120204442/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/allegheny/coaching_records.php

|archive-date=20 November 2010

|url-status=dead

}} Werner died in Sun City, Arizona in January 2013 at the age of 95.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailynews-sun/obituary.aspx?n=alfred-c-werner&pid=162389686 Alfred C. Werner obituary]

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