George S. Keller

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and clergyman}}

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| name = George S. Keller

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|5|16}}

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

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| alma_mater = Philadelphia Divinity (1907)

| player_years1 = 1902

| player_team1 = Penn

| coach_years1 = 1908–1909

| coach_team1 = South Dakota Mines

| coach_years2 = 1910

| coach_team2 = Huron

| overall_record = 10–1

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George Sherman Keller (born May 16, 1881) was an American clergyman and college football player and coach. He played varsity football at the University of Pennsylvania for one season before earning his undergraduate degree and enrolling at the Philadelphia Divinity School{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/generalalumnica00socigoog|title=General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922|year=1922|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=December 30, 2018}} He graduated with his seminary degree in 1907 and served as a pastor at several locations in Minnesota and South Dakota.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdZAAQAAMAAJ|title=Stowe's Clerical Directory of the American Church|publisher=Rev. Andrew David Stowe|year=1917|access-date=December 30, 2018}} Keller spent two seasons (1908–1909) as the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota, where he compiled a record of 10–1.{{cite web|url=https://gorockers.com/sports/2016/7/19/past-seasons.aspx|title=Past Seasons|publisher=South Dakota Mines Hardrockers football|access-date=December 30, 2018}} He also served as the head football coach at Huron University in Huron, South Dakota in 1910.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/350369789/|title=Rev. Keller Accepts Huron Rectorship|newspaper=Rapid City Journal|date=June 16, 1910|access-date=June 30, 2023}}

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