About Arthur McKean
Lived 1882 – 1957 (aged 74). Arthur McKean was an American politician.
Arthur McKean (March 13, 1882 – January 7, 1957) was an American college football and college basketball coach, lawyer, judge, and politician. He served as the head football coach at Geneva Collegein Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911, compiling a record of 12–24–7. McKean served one term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after being elected in 1910. He was the Western Pennsylvania prohibition administrator during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson and later was a municipal judge in Orlando, Florida.
Coaching career McKean was the sixth head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, serving for five seasons, from 1907 to 1911 and compiling a record of 10–24–7. Under McKean, the Geneva decided to join forces with five other colleges to abolish the game of football if significant rules changes were not made to make the game safer.
McKean played football and baseball at Geneva when he was a student.
Politics and law McKean was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1910. He also served various local political positions and maintained a law practice.
Death McKean died on January 7, 1957, at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.
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American politician
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Arthur McKean was born on 13 March 1882 in Westmoreland County.
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Arthur McKean died on 7 January 1957 in New Kensington.
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Arthur McKean was a politician.
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