George McLaren ( American football ) George W . " Tank " McLaren ( August 29 , 1896 – November 13 , 1967 ) was an American football and basketball player and coach . Playing at the University of Pittsburgh under legendary football coach Pop Warner , McLaren was an All - American in 1917 and 1918 . During his playing career , he was never stopped for a loss on a running play . McLaren served as head football coach at Emporia State University , then known as Kansas State Normal College , ( 1919 ) , the University of Arkansas ( 1920 – 1921 ) , the University of Cincinnati ( 1922 – 1926 ) , and the University of Wyoming ( 1927 – 1929 ) , compiling a career record of 32 – 55 – 8 . He also coached basketball at Wyoming for two seasons ( 1928 – 1930 ) , tallying a mark of 28 – 10 . McLaren was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1965 . Early life . McLaren grew up in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania where he attended and graduated from Peabody High School . He played football at Peabody and competed in several other sports including track , basketball , and swimming . University of Pittsburgh . McLaren attended the University of Pittsburgh , where he was considered one of the greatest all - around athletes that Pitt ever produced . In addition to being a football All - American , he was also a two - year member of the basketball and track teams . McLaren played four varsity seasons as fullback at Pittsburgh from 1915 – 1918 . While playing for the Panthers he only lost one game while winning thirty decisions . He was a member of three national championship - winning teams under head coach Glenn " Pop " Warner . In 1916 , the Panthers beat several national powers while not giving up a single point . During the next two seasons McLaren won All - America honors . In 1917 season , McLaren helped the Panthers to a 10 – 0 record . That season he established single season school records when he scored 13 touchdowns and rushed for 782 yards including a then record 91 - yard touchdown against Syracuse University . Pitt ' s undefeated 1917 team was known as " The Fighting Dentists " because on occasion every position was filled by dental students . The dental students on the 1917 team included McLaren , Katy Easterday , Skip Gougler , " Jake " Stahl , and Jock Sutherland . In 1918 , his senior season , he served as Captain of the Panther football team and was also president of his senior class . He still ranks among the University of Pittsburgh all - time leaders in both scoring ( 183 points ) and rushing ( 1 , 920 yards ) . One of McLaren ' s most noted achievements was that he was never stopped for a loss on a running play . College coach . McLaren was a college football coach from 1919 to 1929 . In 1919 , McLaren was named as head football coach at Emporia State University , then known as Kansas State Normal College , in Emporia , Kansas . He got the position based on a recommended by Pop Warner . He became 11th head football coach for Emporia State and held that position for just the 1919 season . His overall coaching record at ESU was 1 – 5 – 2 . This ranks him 20th at ESU in terms of total wins and 19th at ESU in terms of winning percentage . He next served as the head football coach at Arkansas , where he compiled an 8 – 5 – 3 record . As Arkansas head football coach McLaren personally very popular coach but was let go because number of wins did not meet expectations . From 1922 to 1926 , he coached at Cincinnati , where he compiled a 16 – 26 – 3 record . From 1927 to 1929 , he coached at Wyoming , where he compiled a 7 – 19 record . His overall record as a head coach is 32 – 55 – 8 . After coaching . After his coaching career , McLaren worked in the industrial relations division of a company in Baltimore . He was inducted into the National Football Foundation ' s College Football Hall of Fame in 1965 .