George Pfann

Who was George Pfann?

George R. Pfann was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Cornell University, where he starred as a quarterback and was twice named an All-American. Before graduating from Cornell in 1924, Pfann also played on the lacrosse and basketball teams, and was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. He then studied law at Cornell while serving as an assistant football coach and freshmen basketball coach. Pfann completed his law degree at Brasenose College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. From 1931 to 1935, Pfann was the head football coach at Swarthmore College, compiling a record of 8–26–1. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1957.