Roy Jones Guyer (October 25, 1885 – April 3, 1956) was an American college football player and college football, basketball, baseball, and soccer coach. He served as the head football coach at Lebanon Valley College from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1913 to 1917 and at the University of Connecticut in 1919, compiling a career college football coaching record of 27–39–2.[1] Guyer died on April 3, 1956, at his home in Storrs, Connecticut.[2]

Roy J. Guyer
Biographical details
Born(1885-10-25)October 25, 1885
Newbridge, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 1954(1954-04-03) (aged 68)
Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1903Shippensburg
1904–1907Lebanon Valley
1912Springfield (MA)
Basketball
1906–19010Lebanon Valley
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1910Lebanon Valley
1913–1916Lebanon Valley
1919Connecticut
Basketball
1908–1909Lebanon Valley
1910–1917Lebanon Valley
1922–1923Connecticut
Baseball
1919Connecticut
Soccer
1929Connecticut
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1936Connecticut
Head coaching record
Overall27–39–2 (football)
5–6 (baseball)
2–2 (soccer)

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (Independent) (1908–1910)
1908 Lebanon Valley 0–7
1909 Lebanon Valley 5–4
1910 Lebanon Valley 0–7
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (Independent) (1913–1916)
1913 Lebanon Valley 5–5
1914 Lebanon Valley 6–2
1915 Lebanon Valley 4–4–1
1916 Lebanon Valley 5–4–1
Lebanon Valley: 25–33–2
Connecticut Aggies (Athletic League of New England State Colleges) (1919)
1919 Connecticut 2–6 1–2
Connecticut: 2–6 1–2
Total: 27–39–2

Baseball

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The following table depicts Guyer's record as head baseball coach at Connecticut.[3]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Connecticut Aggies (1919)
1919 Connecticut 5–6
Total: 5–6

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "Roy J. Guyer Dies. Former LV College Athletic Coach". Lebanon Daily News. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. April 4, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved March 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). uconnhuskies.com. pp. 40, 59. Retrieved April 1, 2018.