Henry Travers Summersgill

Andrew Henry Sommerville (born as Henry Travers Summersgill; February 6, 1876 – June 16, 1931) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher, physician and college football and baseball coach. As a pitcher he appeared in one game for the 1894 Brooklyn Grooms, giving up six runs in one-third of an inning while walking five batters. He served as the head football coach of Tulane University from 1900 to 1901 and the head baseball coach in 1902.

College and coaching career A native of Vermont, Summersgill originally attended Brown University, where he played on the football team in 1896, but transferred to the University of Virginia in 1898. and was elected the team captain for the 1899 season. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Summersgill then attended medical school at Tulane University. He took over as the part-time head football coach from H. T. "Pop" Collier for the 1900 season. In his first season, Tulane finished undefeated and unscored upon with a perfect 5–0 record, which was an impressive turnaround from a scoreless 0–6–1 campaign the year prior. The team outscored the Southern Athletic Club, Alabama, , LSU, and Mississippi by a combined 105–;0 margin. Against the Mobile Y.M.C.A., Tulane lost, 2–0, despite Summersgill's protests to the officials that there was still time remaining in the game.

Summersgill received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane in 1900. In May 1901, he was licensed after passing the medical examination at Tulane. In 1902, Summersgill coached the Tulane baseball team and amassed an 8–5 record.

Medical career In 1905, he was the medical officer in charge at the Bohio Hospital in the Canal Zone at Bohio, Panama. He served as superintendent of the City Hospital in Cincinnati,

Head coaching record Football