Harry McCrory

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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| name = Harry McCrory

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|8|1}}

| birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|5|9|1871|8|1}}

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

| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania{{cite book|title=Intercollegiate football: a complete pictorial and statistical review from 1869 to 1934|author1=Walsh, C.|author2=Whittle, G.|author3=Intercollegiate Football, Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).|date=1934|publisher=Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., for Intercollegiate Football, Inc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l19BAQAAIAAJ|access-date=September 15, 2015}}

| coach_years1 = 1894

| coach_team1 = Ohio Normal

| coach_years2 = 1895

| coach_team2 = West Virginia

| overall_record = 7–1

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Harry Nickel McCrory (August 1, 1871 – May 9, 1907) was an American college football coach. He served as the third head football coach

at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia and he held that position for the 1895 season. His coaching record at West Virginia was 5–1.[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 }}

McCrory also served as the head football coach at Ohio Northern University in 1894 while he was attending pharmacy school.{{cite web|url=http://www.onu.edu/files/1894-95.pdf|title=ONU Catalogue|year=1894|access-date=March 13, 2018}}

McCrory later worked as a druggist in West Virginia.{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11930-38269-16?cc=1325221&wc=MMPN-BX6:n669890106|title=United States Census, 1900 Image United States Census, 1900; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11930-38269-16 — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|access-date=September 15, 2015}} He married Bessie Lee Nuzum in 1897.{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR41-7PG|title=Person Details for Harry N. Mccrory, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|access-date=September 15, 2015}} He died of bright's disease in 1907.{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=834816&ImageNumber=442|title=West Virginia Vital Research Records - Record Image|publisher=wvculture.org|access-date=September 15, 2015}} He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Fairmont.{{cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/pages/record/person/2413890|title=Harry N McCrory | Billion Graves Headstone, Cemetery, and Grave Record | Fairmont, West Virginia, United States 2413890|publisher=billiongraves.com|access-date=September 15, 2015}}

Harry McCrory's grandson, Lee Harland McCrory (son of George Harland McCrory; 1898–1977{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8WS-4XD|title=Person Details for George Harland Mccrory, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|access-date=September 15, 2015}}) was presented with an alumni award from West Virginia University.{{cite web|url=https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/10/15/dedicated-mountaineers-to-be-recognized-for-service-during-homecoming|title=Dedicated Mountaineers to be recognized for service during Homecoming|author=University Relations | News|publisher=wvutoday.wvu.edu|access-date=September 15, 2015}}