Thomas Pinckney "Skipper" Heard, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Pinckney "Skipper" Heard

American athletics director

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1898

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1980

Profession: coach, athletic director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Thomas Pinckney "Skipper" Heard (August 25, 1898 – July 11, 1980) or T.P.
"Skipper" Heard was the athletics director at Louisiana State University from 1931 until 1954.Heard was an early pioneer in the establishment of legal and honest athletic grants-in-aid and oversaw LSU's entry into the Southeastern Conference as a charter member in 1933.
In addition, he is the "father" of night football games at Louisiana State University and was a force behind three expansions of Tiger Stadium raising seating capacity from 12,000 to 67,500.
He also had LSU football games broadcast on 50,000-watt clear-channel WWL-AM in 1942 giving LSU a national broadcast platform and made it possible for LSU to fly to long-distance inter-sectional football games starting in 1939.
Heard also coached the LSU Tigers golf team to a national championship (1947). Heard was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.