Bert LaBrucherie
Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
Died | December 10, 1986 Laguna Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 81)
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Playing career | |
1926–1928 | UCLA |
Position(s) | Caltech |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 42–136–2 (college football) 60–10–2 (high school football) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Bert F. LaBrucherie (January 19, 1905 – December 10, 1986)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1945 to 1948 and at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1949 to 1967, compiling a career college football record of 42–136–2. LaBrucherie was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1987.[2]
Playing career
LaBrucherie played varsity football for UCLA from 1926 to 1928.
Football coaching career
After graduating from UCLA in 1929, LaBrucherie coached the football team at
LaBrucherie's overall record at UCLA was 23–16. In his second year as head coach, the Bruins were
Other sports
Also while at Caltech, LaBrucherie coached track and cross country. Under his leadership, the track team posted an overall record of 107–105. After resigning as the head football coach at Caltech, he coached cross country from 1968 until his retirement in 1973.[5]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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UCLA Bruins (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945–1948) | |||||||||
1945 | UCLA | 5–4 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
1946 | UCLA | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L Rose | 4 | |||
1947 | UCLA | 5–4 | 4–2 | 4th | |||||
1948 | UCLA | 3–7 | 2–6 | 8th | |||||
UCLA: | 23–16 | 15–11 | |||||||
) (1949–1967) | |||||||||
1949 | Caltech | 0–6–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1950 | Caltech | 1–6 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1951 | Caltech | 2–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
1952 | Caltech | 0–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1953 | Caltech | 0–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1954 | Caltech | 0–7 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1955 | Caltech | 1–6 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1956 | Caltech | 3–5 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1957 | Caltech | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4th | |||||
1958 | Caltech | 2–5–1 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
1959 | Caltech | 1–7 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
1960 | Caltech | 0–8 | 0–5 | 5th | |||||
1961 | Caltech | 1–6 | NA | NA | |||||
1962 | Caltech | 1–6 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
1963 | Caltech | 2–6 | NA | NA | |||||
1964 | Caltech | 1–6 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
1965 | Caltech | 0–7 | 0–4 | 6th | |||||
1966 | Caltech | 0–9 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
1967 | Caltech | 0–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
Caltech: | 19–120–2 | 3–66 | |||||||
Total: | 42–136–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "LaBrucherie, Former Coach of UCLA, Dies". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1986.
- ^ "UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame". Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Los Angeles High School". Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ "Coach LaBrucherie 1946 Record". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ a b "The Month at Caltech - June 1973" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2007.
- ^ "The Purists". Time. May 16, 1955. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2007.