About Lou Young
Lived 1894 – 1948 (aged 53–54). Lou Young was an American head coach and american football player.
Louis Alonzo Young (February 19, 1893 – July 19, 1948) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Pennsylvania from 1912 to 1914, captaining the team in 1913. Young later served as Penn's head football coach from 1923 to 1929, compiling a record of 49–15–2, and as the assistant chairman on the school's Council of Athletics from 1929 to 1931. He also coached a United States Marine Corps football team at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
He died at the age of 56 on July 19, 1948, in Philadelphia.
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Who was Lou Young?
American football player and coach (1894-1948)
When was Lou Young born?
Lou Young was born in 1894 in Philadelphia.
When did Lou Young die?
Lou Young died on 19 July 1948 in Philadelphia.
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Lou Young was a head coach and american football player.
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Lou Young was American.
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· DBpedia: Lou Young (American football coach)
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