Elmer Burnham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player and coach
Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1894
Place of Birth: West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 09-Mar-1977
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Elmer Burnham
- Elmer Harold Burnham (September 8, 1894 – March 9, 1977) was an American football player and coach.
- He was the head football coach at Purdue University in 1942 and 1943.
- Burnham's 1943 Purdue 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.Burnham was a veteran of World War I.
- He served with Trench Mortar Battery 309 and spent one year in the European theatre.
- Burnham died on March 9, 1977 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.
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