# Ross Swartz > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ross_Swartz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ross_Swartz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Swartz > Source revision: 1339639027 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player and sports coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Ross Swartz | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1893}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death year|1978}} | death_place = | alma_mater = [Lebanon Valley](/source/Lebanon_Valley_College) | player_sport1 = Baseball | player_years2 = 1915 | player_team2 = Gettysburg Patriots | player_years3 = 1919 | player_team3 = [Reading Coal Barons](/source/Reading_Coal_Barons) | player_years4 = 1920 | player_team4 = [Reading Marines](/source/Reading_Marines) | player_years5 = 1921–1922 | player_team5 = [Reading Aces](/source/Reading_Aces) | player_years6 = 1922 | player_team6 = [Pittsfield Hillies](/source/Pittsfield_Hillies) | player_years7 = 1922 | player_team7 = [Newark Bears](/source/Newark_Bears) | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1919 | coach_team2 = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Huskies_football) (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1920 | coach_team3 = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Huskies_football) | coach_years4 = 1923–1929 | coach_team4 = [Dickinson Seminary](/source/Lycoming_Warriors_football) | coach_years5 = 1930–1941 | coach_team5 = [Juniata](/source/Juniata_Eagles_football) | coach_sport6 = Basketball | coach_years7 = 1919–1921 | coach_team7 = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Huskies_men's_basketball) | coach_years8 = 1923–1930 | coach_team8 = [Dickinson Seminary](/source/Lycoming_Warriors) | coach_years9 = 1930–1942 | coach_team9 = [Juniata](/source/Juniata_Eagles_men's_basketball) | coach_sport10 = Baseball | coach_years11 = 1921 | coach_team11 = [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_Huskies_baseball) | admin_years1 = 1923–1930 | admin_team1 = [Dickinson Seminary](/source/Lycoming_Warriors) | overall_record = 29–23–5 (football) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Milford Ross "Carty" Swartz''' (1893 – 1978) was a [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball) player{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=swartz002ros|title=Ross Swartz|publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 30, 2018}} and an [American football](/source/American_football), [college basketball](/source/college_basketball) and [college baseball](/source/college_baseball) coach. As an aside, nickname was Carty, shortened from Cart Horse which he got in school due to his strength. He was my grandfather and lived with my family when I was in school. He served as the head football coach at the [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut) in 1920.{{cite web|url=https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1220&context=dcamp|title=UConn |publisher=[University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut)|access-date=December 30, 2018}} After playing baseball in the [International League](/source/International_League), Swartz was hired as the head football coach and head basketball coach at [Lycoming College](/source/Lycoming_College)–then known as Dickinson Seminary–in 1923.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2W8LACcdTIC|title=Lycoming College, 1812–2012: On the Frontiers of American Education|first=John F.|last=Piper|publisher=[Lexington Books](/source/Lexington_Books)|date=December 16, 2011|access-date=April 7, 2019}} His football teams achieved a record of 54 wins, 27 losses, and 4 at Dickinson Seminary.{{cite web|url=https://athletics.lycoming.edu/news/2011/9/2/FOOT_0902111930.aspx|title=200 MEMORIES: NOS. 11-20|publisher=[Lycoming Warriors](/source/Lycoming_Warriors)|access-date=April 7, 2019}} Swartz later served as the head football coach (1930–1941) and head men's basketball (1930–1942) at [Juniata College](/source/Juniata_College) in [Huntingdon, Pennsylvania](/source/Huntingdon%2C_Pennsylvania).{{cite web|url=http://www.juniatasports.net/sports/mbkb/2018-19/files/MBB_Records_Update_3.8.19.pdf|title=Juniata Basketball Records|publisher=[Juniata College](/source/Juniata_College)|access-date=April 7, 2019}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|brm=swartz002ros}} * {{Find a Grave}} {{Connecticut Huskies football coach navbox}} {{Connecticut Huskies men's basketball coach navbox}} {{Connecticut Huskies baseball coach navbox}} {{Lycoming Warriors football coach navbox}} {{Juniata Eagles football coach navbox}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Swartz, Ross}} Category:1893 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Gettysburg Patriots players Category:Juniata Eagles football coaches Category:Juniata Eagles men's basketball coaches Category:Lycoming Warriors football coaches Category:Lycoming Warriors men's basketball coaches Category:Lycoming Warriors athletic directors Category:Newark Bears players Category:Pittsfield Hillies players Category:Reading Aces players Category:Reading Coal Barons players Category:Reading Marines players Category:UConn Huskies football coaches Category:UConn Huskies men's basketball coaches Category:UConn Huskies baseball coaches --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ross Swartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Swartz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Swartz?action=history)). 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