caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record championships player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
burnham yearbook pictured in '' debris 1943 '' , purdue springfield -lrb- ma -rrb- 9 march 1977 rochester , new york 1919 1941 1942 & ndash ; 1943 1944 & ndash ; & 1960 ndash ; 1934 1935 & ndash ; new westbury , massachusetts 92 -lrb- college -rrb- 118 & ndash ; 30 & ndash & ; 8 -lrb- high school -rrb- ndash ; 56 & ndash ; 6 1 big ten -lrb- 1943 -rrb- 1910s south freshmen -rrb- purdue rochester -lrb- ny -rrb- bend central hs -lrb- in -rrb- purdue -lrb- 286 football 8 september 1894 elmer burnham.jpg elmer burnham
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elmer burnham

elmer harold burnham -lrb- september 8 , 1894 -- march 9 , 1977 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he was the head coach at purdue university in 1942 and 1943 .
burnham 's 1943 squad went 9 -- 0 and shared the big ten conference title with michigan .
from 1944 to 1960 , burnham served as the head coach at the university of rochester , where he compiled a record of 82 -- 48 -- 6 in 17 seasons .
burnham served as purdue 's freshman football coach for seven years before assuming the role as varsity head coach in 1942 .
before coming to purdue , burnham coached football at central high school in south bend , indiana for 16 seasons , tallying a mark of 118 -- 30 -- 8 .
