Ralph S. Kent

{{Short description|American football coach and lawyer (1878–1949)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ralph S. Kent

| image = Ralph Sherlock Kent.png

| alt =

| caption = Kent pictured in The Class Book 1902, Cornell University

| birth_date = {{birth date|1878|8|2}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924032690814#page/n215/mode/2up|title = A story historical of Cornell University : With biographies of distinguished Cornellians|year = 1916}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Ohio, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinsaeabi00unkngoog#page/n136/mode/2up|title = Who's who in S.A.E. A biographical dictionary of notable living members of the fraternity|year = 1912|publisher = Evanston, Ill. [Evanston index co.]}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|4|3|1878|8|2}}http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale%20-%200019.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

| death_place = Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1901

| player_team1 = Cornellhttp://dspace.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/25872/1/005_11.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

| player_positions = Center

| coach_years1 = 1902

| coach_team1 = Auburn

| overall_record = 2–2–1

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Ralph Sherlock Kent (August 2, 1878 – April 3, 1949) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University for the first five games of the 1902 season, compiling a record of 2–2–1. Kent returned to Cornell to finish up law school after coaching at Auburn. He later become a prominent lawyer in the Buffalo area.http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2012/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20%20News/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale/Ithaca%20NY%20Daily%20News%201902%20Grayscale%20-%200043.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} He married Alice Kyle.

Kent died of heart disease in 1949 at the age of 70.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/04/04/archives/mpn-s-kent-7o-l-awyer-yeasl-senior-partner-of-white-plains-firm.html|title=Ralph S. Kent, 70, Lawyer 44 Years; Senior Partner of White Plains Firm Dies--Was Once Head of Ward Baking Company|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 April 1949}}