Ray Kirchmeyer

Ray Kirchmeyer was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played college football at Columbia University from 1923 to 1925 and was later the head football and basketball coach at Wagner College on Staten Island.

Ray Kirchmeyer
Playing career
Football
1923–1925Columbia
Basketball
1923–1926Columbia
Position(s)Fullback (football)
Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1928–1932Wagner College
1937–1946Wagner College
Basketball
1929–1934Wagner College
Head coaching record
Overall29–39–4 (football)
16–36 (basketball)

Early years

Kirchmeyer attended Technical High School in Buffalo, New York, where he played football and basketball.[1]

Kirchmeyer played college football as a fullback for Columbia from 1923 to 1925.[2] In a game rated as one of the greatest upsets in Columbia's football history, Kirchmeyer ran 60 yards for a touchdown against Army in 1925.[3] He also starred for the Columbia basketball team that won the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championship of 1925–26.[4]

He also reportedly played professional football for Dan Blaine's Staten Island Stapletons in the National Football League.[5]

Coaching career

In September 1928, Kirchmeyer was hired as the head football coach at Wagner College on Staten Island.[6]

He served as the head football coach at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York from 1928 to 1932 and 1937 to 1946. Wagner did not field a team from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II. In 11 seasons as head football coach at Wagner, he compiled a 29–39–4 record.[7]

Kirchmeyer also practice law on Staten Island.[5]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Wagner College (Metropolitan Collegiate Conference) (1928–1929)
1928 Wagner College 1–3–11–2–14th
1929 Wagner College 1–70–45th
Wagner College (Independent) (1930–1932)
1930 Wagner College 4–5
1931 Wagner College 3–4
1932 Wagner College 2–2–2
Wagner College (Independent) (1937–1946)
1937 Wagner College 0–5
1938 Wagner College 4–2
1939 Wagner College 4–1–1
1940 Wagner College 4–2
1941 Wagner College 5–1
1942 No team—World War II
1943 No team—World War II
1944 No team—World War II
1945 No team—World War II
1946 Wagner College 1–6
Wagner College: 29–39–41–6–1
Total:29–39–4

References
  1. "Ray Kirchmeyer Renamed Coach". The Buffalo Evening Times. January 4, 1929. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Final Game Closes Many Grid Careers". Columbia Daily Spectator. November 25, 1925. p. 1.("Another backfield star, Ray Kirchmeyer, also plays his final game tomorrow. The flashy fullback will wear the moleskins for the last time as a Columbian player.")
  3. "Football's All-Time Top-10 Upset Victories". Columbia Lions. September 4, 2020.
  4. "Karpe's Comment". Buffalo Evening News. February 3, 1933. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Ray Kirchmeyer Grid Coach at Wagner Univer". The Brooklyn Citizen. March 12, 1937. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Kirchmeyer Will Coach at Wagner". The Buffalo Evening Times. September 7, 1928. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "2019 wagner College Seahawks Football Media Guide". Wagner College. 2019. pp. 75, 87.
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