Lou Ferry

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1927–2004)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Lou Ferry

| image = Lou Ferry - 1955 Bowman.jpg

| caption = Ferry on a 1955 Bowman football card

| number = 18, 53, 82, 78

| position = Defensive tackle
Tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|12|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|1|25|1927|12|1}}

| death_place = Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 244

| high_school = St. James
(Chester, Pennsylvania)

| college = Villanova

| draftyear = 1949

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 25

| pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1949}})
• Bethlehem Bulldogs (1950)
• Erie Vets (1950)
• Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1951}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1952|1955}})

| pastcoaching =

• Villanova (1960–1969)
  Defensive line
• Villanova (1970–1973)
  Head coach
• Villanova (1974)
  Defensive line, interim head coach
• Villanova (1975–1981, 1986–2003)
  Defensive line

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 71

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 51

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 7

| statlabel4 = Total touchdowns

| statvalue4 = 1

| regular_record = {{Winning percentage|20|26|1|record=y}}

| pfr = FerrLo20

}}

Louis A. Ferry (December 1, 1927 – January 25, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers for two seasons (1949–1950), one season with the Chicago Cardinals (1951), and five with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1952–1956). Ferry served as the head football coach at Villanova University from 1970 to 1973 and interim head coach for the final three games of the 1974 season, compiling a record of 20–26–1.{{cite news |author= |title=Jim Weaver Villanova Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88569959/lebanon-daily-news/ |newspaper=Lebanon Daily News |location=Lebanon, Pennsylvania |agency=United Press International |date=December 14, 1973 |page=22 |access-date=November 8, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Villanova Coach Out In Conflict |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88569310/the-evening-sun/ |newspaper=The Evening Sun |location=Hanover, Pennsylvania |agency=Associated Press |date=November 6, 1974 |page=8 |access-date=November 8, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Ferry died on January 25, 2004, at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last=Downey |first=Sally A. |title=Lou Ferry, 76, Villanova coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88138891/obituary-for-lou-ferry-aged-76/ |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=January 28, 2004 |page=B10 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}