Arthur McKean

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| name = Arthur McKean

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|3|13}}

| birth_place = Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|1|7|1882|3|13}}

| death_place = New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1901

| player_team2 = Geneva

| player_years3 = 1903

| player_team3 = Geneva

| player_sport4 = Baseball

| player_years5 = {{Circa|1903}}

| player_team5 = Geneva

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1907–1911

| coach_team2 = Geneva

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1909–1911

| coach_team4 = Geneva

| overall_record = 12–24–7 (football)
15–8–1 (basketball)

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Arthur McKean (March 13, 1882 – January 7, 1957) was an American college football and college basketball coach, lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as the head football coach at Geneva Collegein Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911, compiling a record of 12–24–7. McKean served one term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after being elected in 1910. He was the Western Pennsylvania prohibition administrator during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson and later was a municipal judge in Orlando, Florida.

Coaching career

McKean was the sixth head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, serving for five seasons, from 1907 to 1911 and compiling a record of 10–24–7.{{cite news |author= |title=To Take Charge Of College This Fall |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TZ0iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f60FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2260,3285370 |newspaper=The Daily Times |location=Beaver, Pennsylvania |date=July 11, 1907 |page=1 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |via=Google News }}{{cite web |author= |title=Geneva Football Record Book |url=https://athletics.geneva.edu/documents/2021/6/25/Post_2020_Football_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=Geneva College |location=Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania |date=2021 |page=14 |access-date=September 24, 2021 }} Under McKean, the Geneva decided to join forces with five other colleges to abolish the game of football if significant rules changes were not made to make the game safer.{{cite news |author= |title=Six Colleges Strike Blow At Football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85929289/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=December 15, 1909 |page=12 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

McKean played football and baseball at Geneva when he was a student.{{cite news |author= |title=Football to be Revived |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eZ0iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f60FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4475,5447659 |newspaper=The Daily Times |location=Beaver, Pennsylvania |date=September 6, 1907 |page=1 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |via=Google News }}

Politics and law

McKean was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1910.{{Cite book

| last = Jordan

| first = John Woolf

| title = Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography: illustrated, Volume 1

| publisher = Lewis Historical Publishing Company

| year = 1914

| location = New York

| pages = 286–287

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K-UsAAAAYAAJ&q=%2B%22Arthur+McKean%22+%2Bgeneva&pg=RA7-PA274

}} He also served various local political positions and maintained a law practice.{{Cite book

| title = Smull's legislative hand book and manual of the state of Pennsylvania

| publisher = The State of Pennsylvania

| year = 1912

| location = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

| pages = 996

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=VZjQAAAAMAAJ&q=%2B%22Arthur+McKean%22+%2Bgeneva&pg=PA996

}}

Death

McKean died on January 7, 1957, at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |author= |title=Arthur McKean, 75, Prominent Attorney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85928761/obituary-for-arthur-mckean-aged-61/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=January 8, 1957 |page=18 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}