player_team death_date death_place coach_years overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid bowl_record sport birth_date image article_title name
drake 13 january 1997 atlantic , iowa 1946 1958 & ndash ; 1948 1949 & ndash ; 65 -lrb- college -rrb- & ndash ; 49 & ndash ; 2 1934 pepperdine drake 3031 0 & ndash ; 1 football 7 february 1912 warren gaer.png warren gaer
 warren gaer
warren gaer

warren gaer -lrb- february 7 , 1912 -- january 13 , 1997 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he served as the head football coach at pepperdine university from 1946 to 1948 and drake university from 1949 to 1958 , compiling a career college football record of 65 -- 49 -- 2 .
pepperdine college hired gaer to form its football program in 1945 .
he served as head coach there from 1946 to 1948 .
his teams tallied a mark of 22 -- 6 .
gaer died on january 13 , 1997 of cancer in his hometown of atlantic , iowa .
