:George Krebs

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1872–1939)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = George Krebs

| image = GRKrebs.png

| alt =

| caption = Krebs pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|3|5}}

| birth_place = New Martinsville, West Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|5|8|1872|3|5}}

| death_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1894–1898

| player_team1 = West Virginia

| player_years2 = 1898

| player_team2 = Latrobe Athletic Association

| player_years3 = 1898

| player_team3 = Western Pennsylvania All-Stars

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1897

| coach_team1 = West Virginia

| overall_record = 5–4–1

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

George R. Krebs (March 5, 1872 – May 8, 1939) was an American football player and coach. He served as the fifth head football coach

at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia and he held that position for the 1897 season, in which he also captained the team.

His coaching record at West Virginia was 5–4–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/west_virginia/coaching_records.php West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025034734/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/west_virginia/coaching_records.php |date=October 25, 2008 }} A native of New Martinsville,{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/monticola01west#page/n129/mode/2up/search/Krebs|title=The Monticola|year=1896 |publisher=Chicago, A.L. Swift & Co |access-date=September 15, 2015}} Krebs graduated from West Virginia University in 1899 in with a degree in engineering.{{cite book|title=Residence Directory of the Sigma Chi Fraternity: The Chapter Rolls, Alphabetical and Residence Indices, Together with a Historical Sketch of the Fraternity Since 1890|date=1902|publisher=Sigma Chi Fraternity|url=https://archive.org/details/residencedirect00unkngoog|access-date=September 15, 2015}}

Krebs also played professional football during this period for the Latrobe Athletic Association and was even a member of the 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team.{{cite journal|title=Stars Over All-Stars |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |issue=Annual |pages=1–5 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Stars_Over_All_Stars.pdf |author=PFRA Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126225257/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Stars_Over_All_Stars.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2010 }} He died in 1939 of heart problems.{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1044846&Type=Death|title=West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image|publisher=wvculture.org|access-date=September 15, 2015}}