Albert Simmonds

{{Short description|American football coach (1875–1953)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Albert Simmonds

| image = LSU-AlbertSimmons-1895-1.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Simmonds wearing his Yale jersey in an 1895 photo at LSU

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|10|29}}

| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|11|13|1875|10|29}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1894–1895

| coach_team1 = LSU

| overall_record = 5–1

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| tournament_record =

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}}

Albert Price Simmonds (October 29, 1875 – November 13, 1953) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) for two seasons from 1894 to 1895, the second and third seasons in the LSU Tigers football program's existence, compiling a record of 5–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|title=LSU Year-by-Year Records|publisher=lsusports.net|page=107|accessdate=2018-07-29|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120040/http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/fb/pdf/17guide.pdf|url-status=dead}} Simmons was a graduate of Yale University. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1875 and later was an insurance agent in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZQ5AQAAMAAJ|title=Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States|first1=Henry Rodgers|last1=Hayden|first2=G. Reid|last2=MacKay|date=1 January 1908|publisher=Index Publishing Company|accessdate=15 June 2016|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/biographical-directory-co/biographical-directory-of-the-state-of-new-york-1900-goi/page-140-biographical-directory-of-the-state-of-new-york-1900-goi.shtml|title=Read the eBook Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900 by Biographical Directory Co online for free (page 140 of 179)|first=Denis Larionov & Alexander|last=Zhulin|publisher=|accessdate=15 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xzs4AAAAYAAJ|title=Quindecennial Record of the Class of 1896, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University|date=1 January 1912|publisher=R.S. Peck & Company|accessdate=15 June 2016|via=Google Books}} In 1951, at the age of 76, Simmonds was working for the Hygienic Phone Service.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSDPAAAAMAAJ|title=The Phi Gamma Delta|date=1 January 1951|publisher=Board of Trustees of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.|accessdate=15 June 2016|via=Google Books}} He died on November 13, 1953.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQAaAQAAMAAJ|title=Army, Navy, Air Force Journal|date=1 January 1953|publisher=Army and Navy Journal Incorporated|accessdate=15 June 2016|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/45793755/|title=The Bee from Danville, Virginia · Page 3|publisher=|accessdate=15 June 2016}}