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Maurice Elder
Maurice "Red" Elder
was an
American football
and
baseball coach
. He served as the
head
football coach
at
Colorado State University–Pueblo
from
1946
to 1951.
Elder was a
fullback
at
Kansas State University
in the mid–1930s, where he played on the conference
champion
1934 Kansas State Wildcats football team
. He was drafted by the
Washington Redskins
of the
National Football League
in
1937
but
dropped out
of
training camp
and, instead, pursued a career in
coaching
.
Elder was the
maternal grandfather
of
NFL quarterback
Jeff Garcia
.
Head coaching record
Football