Pop Kelchner
{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1875–1958)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Pop Kelchner
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|8|2}}
| birth_place = Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|9|19|1875|8|2}}
| death_place = Palmyra, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater = Lafayette
| player_sport1 = Baseball
| player_years2 = 1904–1905
| player_team2 = Lebanon Peaches
| player_years3 = 1907
| player_team3 = Kane Mountaineers
| player_years4 = 1909
| player_team4 = Harrisburg Senators
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1912–1918
| coach_team2 = Albright
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1900–1919
| coach_team4 = Albright
| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_years6 = 1897–1918
| coach_team6 = Albright
| coach_years7 = 1919
| coach_team7 = Reading Coal Barons
| overall_record = 16–39–5 (college football)
81–68 (college basketball)
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Charles Schaeffer "Pop" Kelchner (August 2, 1875 – September 19, 1958) was an American football, basketball and baseball player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kelchn001cha|title=Charles Kelchner|publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=July 10, 2018}} He served as the head basketball coach at Albright College in Myerstown, Pennsylvania from 1900 to 1919.{{cite web|url=https://albrightathletics.com/documents/2018/5/15/Records.pdf|title=Men's Basketball Records|publisher=albrightathletics.com|access-date=July 21, 2018}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Albright Red and White
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1912
| endyear = 1918
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1912
| name = Albright
| overall = 2–7
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1913
| name = Albright
| overall = 3–4–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1914
| name = Albright
| overall = 5–3–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1915
| name = Albright
| overall = 2–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1916
| name = Albright
| overall = 1–8–1
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1917
| name = Albright
| overall = 3–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1918
| name = Albright
| overall = 0–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Albright
| overall = 16–39–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 16–39–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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External links
- {{Baseballstats|brm=kelchn001cha}}
- [https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/pop-kelchner/ Biography at Pro Basketball Encyclopedia]
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Category:Lafayette Leopards baseball players
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Category:Baseball coaches from Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category:Baseball players from Berks County, Pennsylvania