Harry Trotter

Harry Elbert "Cap" Trotter (October 18, 1890 – December 28, 1954)^[1] was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football the Southern Branch of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)—from 1920 to 1922 and at Willamette University from 1943 to 1944, compiling a career college football record of 7–16–1. He was inducted into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.^[2]

Harry Trotter

Trotter pictured in Southern Campus 1923, UCLA yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1890-10-18)October 18, 1890 Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 28, 1954(1954-12-28) (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Playing career
Track and field
c. 1910	USC
Position(s)	Shot putter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916–1917	Manual Arts HS (CA)
1918–1919	Pasadena HS (CA)
1920–1922	Southern Branch
1943–1944	Willamette
Basketball
1943–?	Willamette
Track and field
1920–1946	Southern Branch / UCLA
Head coaching record
Overall	7–16–1 (college football)

Coaching career

UCLA began to play in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1920, and competed against Occidental College, California Institute of Technology, University of Redlands, Whittier College, and Pomona College. Coach Trotter's two wins were against Redlands and San Diego State University, which did not join the SCIAC until 1926.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southern Branch Cubs (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922)
1920	Southern Branch	0–5	0–5	6th
1921	Southern Branch	0–5	0–5	6th
1922	Southern Branch	2–3–1	1–3–1	T–4th
Southern Branch:		2–13–1	1–13–1
Willamette Bearcats (Northwest Conference) (1943–1944)
1943	Willamette	2–1	NA	NA
1944	Willamette	3–2	NA	NA
Willamette:		5–3
Total:		7–16–1