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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = James P. Herron 
| image = Pat Herron.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Herron from ''The Arbutus'', 1923
| birth_date = 1894
| birth_place = [[New Kensington, Pennsylvania]]
| death_date = December 20, 1967 (aged 73)
| death_place = [[Monongahela, Pennsylvania]]
| team = 
| number = 
| status = 
| position1 = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| height_ft = 
| height_in = 
| weight_lb = 
| college = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]
| coaching_years1 = 1920–1921
| coaching_team1 = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] (assistant)
| coaching_years2 = 1922
| coaching_team2 = [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]
| coaching_years3 = 1923–1924
| coaching_team3 = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] (assistant)
| coaching_years4 = 1925
| coaching_team4 = [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke]]
| coaching_years5 = 1926–1928
| coaching_team5 = [[Washington and Lee Generals football|Washington and Lee]]
| playing_years1 = 1919
| playing_team1 = [[Massillon Tigers]]
| career_highlights = * Consensus All-American ([[1916 College Football All-America Team|1916]])
* Head coaching record: 15–24–5
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
|allegiance           ={{flagicon|United States}} [[United States of America|United States]]
|branch               =[[File:USAAC Roundel 1919-1941.svg|20px|United States Army Air Corp seal]] [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]]<br>[[File:Us army air corps shield.svg|20px]] [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]]
|serviceyears         = 1917–1919, 1942–1946
|rank                 =[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|20px]] [[Major (United States)|Major]]
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|battles              =[[World War I]]<br>[[World War II]]
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}}
}}

'''James Patrick "Pat" Herron''' (1894 – December 20, 1967) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He played at [[End (American football)|end]] for the [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|football team]] from 1913 to 1916.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NgANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MmkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3261%2C5534900 | title=Panther Given Memorable Tussle By Navy in Their Last Clash | date=October 10, 1933 | last=Sell | first=Jack | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | accessdate=September 8, 2009}}</ref>  

==Biography==
A member of the Panthers' undefeated [[NCAA Division I FBS national football championship|national championship]] teams coached by [[Glenn Scobey Warner|"Pop" Warner]] in 1915 and 1916, Herron earned first team [[1916 College Football All-America Team|All-American honors in 1916]]. Following graduation, Herron served as first assistant coach to Warner before being leaving to become the head coach at [[Indiana University Bloomington]] in 1922.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/353758842.html?dids=353758842:353758842&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+14%2C+1922&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=BIG+10+COACHES+CLEAR+UP+RULE+ON+SHIFT+PLAY&pqatl=google | title=Big 10 Coaches Clear Up Rule On Shift Play | date=September 9, 1922 | newspaper=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]] | accessdate=September 8, 2009}}</ref> He also served as the head coach at [[Duke University]] in 1925 and at [[Washington and Lee University]] from 1926 to 1928.  Herron, who also earned a law degree, served in the aviation service during [[World War I]] and was credited for bringing down two German planes.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vs0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f2kDAAAAIBAJ&&pg=2077%2C2715178 | title=Herron on Warner | date=February 4, 1939 | newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | accessdate=September 8, 2009}}</ref>  Herron died at the age of 73 on December 20, 1967 at Monongahela Memorial Hospital in [[Monongahela, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pat Herron, Lawyer, Pitt All-American, 73 |author= |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OigjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746,3757827 |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=December 22, 1967 |accessdate=May 17, 2012}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana Hoosiers]]
 | conf      = [[Big Ten Conference]]
 | startyear = 1922
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
 | name         = [[1922 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]]
 | overall      = 1–4–2
 | conference   = 0–2–1
 | confstanding = 9th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Indiana
 | overall    = 1–4–2
 | confrecord = 0–2–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Duke Blue Devils football|Duke Blue Devils]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1925
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1925 college football season|1925]]
 | name         = [[1925 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke]]
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Duke
 | overall    = 4–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Washington and Lee Generals football|Washington and Lee Generals]]
 | conf      = [[Southern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1926
 | endyear   = 1928
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1926 college football season|1926]]
 | name         = [[1926 Washington and Lee Generals football team|Washington and Lee]]
 | overall      = 4–3–2
 | conference   = 3–2–1
 | confstanding = T–7th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1927 college football season|1927]]
 | name         = [[1927 Washington and Lee Generals football team|Washington and Lee]]
 | overall      = 4–4–1
 | conference   = 2–3
 | confstanding = T–12th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1928 college football season|1928]]
 | name         = [[1928 Washington and Lee Generals football team|Washington and Lee]]
 | overall      = 2–8
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–20th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Washington and Lee
 | overall    = 10–15–3
 | confrecord = 6–11–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 15–24–5
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Find a Grave}}

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