# Harold Burry

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**Harold E. Burry** (May 31, 1912 – September 5, 1992) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at [Westminster College](/source/Westminster_College_(Pennsylvania)) in [New Wilmington, Pennsylvania](/source/New_Wilmington,_Pennsylvania) from 1952 to 1971, compiling a record of 127–31–5. Burry also coached a number of other sports at Westminster and was the school's [athletic director](/source/Athletic_director) from 1961 to 1977. He was inducted into the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) in 1996.

Burry graduated from Westminster College in 1935. He began his coaching career at [Ellwood City High School](/source/Ellwood_City_Area_School_District) in [Ellwood City, Pennsylvania](/source/Ellwood_City,_Pennsylvania), where he was head football coach from 1935 to 1943. Burry returned to Westminster in 1946 to coach [soccer](/source/Association_football), [swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport)), [track](/source/Track_and_field), and [cross country](/source/Cross_country_running).[1]

## References

1. ["Harold E. Burry Named Football Coach, Westminster"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30033902/the_daily_courier/). *[The Daily Courier](/source/Pittsburgh_Tribune-Review)*. March 14, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved March 28, 2019. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

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