Biographical details | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, US | February 6, 1876
Died | June 16, 1931 Queens, New York, US | (aged 55)
Playing career | |
1896 | Brown |
1898–1899 | Virginia |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1900–1901 | Tulane |
Baseball | |
1902 | Tulane |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 9–2* (football) 8–5 (baseball) * Tulane records: 10–1 |
H. T. Summersgill (Andy Sommerville) | |
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Pitcher | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
MLB debut | |
August 8, 1894, for the Brooklyn Grooms | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 8, 1894, for the Brooklyn Grooms | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0-1 |
Earned run average | 162.00 |
Strikeouts | 0 |
Teams | |
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.
A native of Vermont,[1] Summersgill originally attended Brown University, where he played on the football team in 1896,[2] but transferred to the University of Virginia in 1898.[3] He played football at Virginia as an end from 1898 to 1899,[4][5] and was elected the team captain for the 1899 season.[6] He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.[7]
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.[8][9] 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.[10] The team outscored the Southern Athletic Club, Alabama, Millsaps, LSU, and Mississippi by a combined 105–;0 margin.[10] The next year, Tulane finished 1901 with a 4–2 mark.[11] 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.[10] The Olive and Blue later beat LSU, 22–0, on the field, but was forced to forfeit 11–0 by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association over the use of a professional player.[10] Today, Tulane records still count this as a win, which LSU records dispute.[10][12]
Summersgill received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane in 1900.[3] In May 1901, he was licensed after passing the medical examination at Tulane.[13] In 1902, Summersgill coached the Tulane baseball team and amassed an 8–5 record.[14]
In 1905, he was the medical officer in charge at the Bohio Hospital in the Canal Zone at Bohio, Panama.[3][15] He served as superintendent of the City Hospital in Cincinnati,[16] and later, as the head of the University of California Hospital in San Francisco.[16] After a ten-week illness, he died on June 16, 1931, of a cerebral hemorrhage at the Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.[16]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Tulane Olive and Blue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900–1901) | |||||||||
1900 | Tulane | 5–0 | 3–0 | T–2nd | |||||
1901 | Tulane | 4–2 | 2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
Tulane: | 9–2 | 5–1 | |||||||
Total: | 9–2 |