Punk Berryman
Robert Norman "Punk" Berryman (May 18, 1892 – May 18, 1966) was an
American football player and coach. He played as a
halfback at
Pennsylvania State University and was selected as third-team
All-American in 1915, his senior year. Berryman served as the head football coach at
Gettysburg College in 1916 and at
Lafayette College in 1917. He was subsequently an assistant football coach at the
University of Iowa and
Dickinson College. Berryman served as the head
basketball coach at
Iowa State University during the 1919–20 season; his team finished the season with an overall record of 6–12, placing seventh in the
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association with a conference mark of 2–10. In 1922 and 1923 Berryman was an assistant coach at
Colgate University under fellow Penn State alumnus,
Dick Harlow. In 1924, he coached the
Frankford Yellow Jackets, newly enfranchised to the
National Football League (NFL), to a record of 11–2–1, good enough for only a third-place finish. The following season, Berryman coached the
Millville Football & Athletic Club. In 1926, he coached the
Brooklyn Lions to a record of 3–8 in their only season with the NFL. Berryman was born on May 18, 1892. He attended the
Northeast Manual Training School in
Philadelphia. He died in May 1966.
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