Norm Verry
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1922–1961)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Norm Verry
| image = Norm Verry.jpeg
| caption = Verry, {{Circa|1948}} at USC
| number = 40, 49
| position = Tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|9|18}}
| birth_place = Hanford, California, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|10|12|1922|9|18}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 240
| high_school = Visalia (Visalia, California)
| college = USC
| draftyear = 1943
| draftround = 9
| draftpick = 78
(by the Green Bay Packers)
| pastteams =
- Chicago Rockets ({{NFL Year|1946|1947}})
| pastcoaching =
- USC (1947–1948)
Line coach - Inglewood HS (CA)
Assistant coach - El Camino (1950–1961)
Line coach - El Camino (1952–1960)
Head coach
| highlights =
- Third-team All-American (1942)
- First-team All-PCC (1942)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 11
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 4
| pfr = VerrNo20
}}
David Norman Verry (September 18, 1922 – October 12, 1961) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of California (USC), earning third-team All-America and first-team All-Pacific Coast honors in 1942 as Tackle. Verry played professionally with Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) rom 1946 to 1947. He served as the head football coach at El Camino College in Alondra Park, California from 1952 to 1960, compiling a record of 54–27–2.
Verry coached the line at his alma mater, USC, in 1947 and 1948. In 1949, he assisted Marty Arnaga in coaching the football team at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. He joined the staff at El Camino as line coach in 1950 and succeeded Ambrose Schindler as head football coach two years later.{{cite news |author= |title=Norm Verry Joins El Camino Staff As Line Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/gardena-valley-news-and-gardena-tribune/147151514/ |newspaper=The Gardena Valley News |location=Gardena, California |date=June 11, 1950 |page=11 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Snyder |first=Don |title=10 New Coaches Take Over Reins of Jaysee Grids |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/147149263/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |date=September 9, 1952 |page=3, part IV |access-date=May 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Verry died on October 12, 1961, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles, after suffering a brain hemorrhage three weeks prior.{{cite news |author= |title=Football Coach Norm Verry Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-norm/147149417/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |date=October 13, 1961 |page=1, part IV |access-date=May 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = El Camino Warriors
| conf = Metropolitan Conference
| startyear = 1952
| endyear = 1960
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1952
| name = El Camino
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = El Camino
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1954
| name = El Camino
| overall = 9–1
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Junior Rose Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = El Camino
| overall = 7–1–2
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = El Camino
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = El Camino
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = El Camino
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = El Camino
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = El Camino
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = El Camino
| overall = 54–27–2
| confrecord = 38–23–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 54–27–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=All-Time Yearly Game-By-Game Results |url=https://eccwarriors.com/sports/fball/Records/ECC_All-Time_Results_By_Season.pdf |publisher=El Camino College |access-date=May 11, 2024 }}
References
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{{Green Bay Packers 1943 NFL draft picks}}
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