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Biographical details | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | November 24, 1910
Died | July 27, 2009 Watsonville, California, U.S. | (aged 98)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1933–1934 | San Francisco |
1935–1936 | Boston Redskins |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1937–1939 | Manteca HS (CA) |
1940 | Lodi HS (CA) |
1941 | Stockton |
1942–1946 | Pacific (CA) (assistant) |
1947–1950 | Pacific (CA) |
1951 | Arizona State |
1953 | Washington Redskins (OL) |
1954 | Calgary Stampeders |
1956–1958 | Santa Cruz HS (CA) |
1959–1965 | Cabrillo |
Baseball | |
1945 | Pacific (CA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 41–8–4 (college football) |
Bowls | 2–0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 CCAA (1947) | |
Awards | |
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Lawrence Edwin Siemering (November 24, 1910 – July 27, 2009) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of San Francisco and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Redskins in 1935 and 1936. Siemering served as the head football coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California from 1947 to 1951 and at Arizona State University in 1951, compiling a career college football coached record of 41–8–4. He also was the head coach of the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders in 1954. In all, Siemering's football career as a player and coach lasted more than forty years. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving professional football player at 98 years of age.[1]