{{Short description|American football player, coach, college athletics administrator (1897–1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Stan Keck | image = Stan Keck.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|9|11}} | birth_place = Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|1|20|1897|9|11}} | death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1919–1921 | player_team1 = Princeton | player_years2 = 1923 | player_team2 = Cleveland Indians | player_positions = Tackle, guard | coach_years1 = 1939–1941 | coach_team1 = Norwich (line) | coach_years2 = 1942–1946 | coach_team2 = Norwich | coach_years3 = 1947–1950 | coach_team3 = Waynesburg | admin_years1 = 1947–1951 | admin_team1 = Waynesburg | overall_record = 23–26–4 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = Unanimous All-American (1920)<br>Consensus All-American (1921) | coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = 1959 | CFBHOF_id = 1384 }} '''James Stanton Keck''' (September 11, 1897 – January 20, 1951) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He attended The Kiski School and went on to play college football at Princeton University as a tackle and guard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Keck Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KeckSt20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> Keck was selected as an All-American in 1920 and in 1921. Keck served as the head football coach at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1942 to 1946 and Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 23–26–4. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1959.
==Death== Keck died on January 20, 1951, after suffering a stroke at Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh. He had transferred there five days earlier from Greene Country Memorial Hospital, to which he was admitted the previous month with high blood pressure.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stan Keck, 53, Dies; Princeton Ex-Star; Former Football Captain Was All-America Tackle in 1920—Coach at Waynesburg |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/21/90736343.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 21, 1951 |accessdate=February 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Norwich Cadets | conf = Independent | startyear = 1942 | endyear = 1946 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1942 | name = Norwich | overall = 5–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1943 | name = No team—World War II | overall = | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1944 | name = Norwich | overall = 1–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1945 | name = No team—World War II | overall = | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1946 | name = Norwich | overall = 0–6–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Norwich | overall = 6–11–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Waynesburg Yellow Jackets | conf = Independent | startyear = 1947 | endyear = 1950 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1947 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 4–5 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1948 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 5–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1949 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 5–3–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1950 | name = Waynesburg | overall = 3–3–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Waynesburg | overall = 17–15–3 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 23–26–4 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }} ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{College Football HoF|1384}} * {{Footballstats |nfl=stan-keck |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=K/KeckSt20 |rotoworld= }} * {{Find a Grave}}
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