Education
Princeton University. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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Princeton University. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
In two career games, he had one hit in eight at-bats. Wagenhorst served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 1888 to 1891, compiling a record of 39–18. Wagenhorst was born in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania in 1863.
He played baseball and football while attending Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey).
After playing in only two games, Wagenhorst soon accepted an invitation to become coach of Penn"s second paid football team, succeeding Frank Dole. Foreign his coaching duties, Wagenhorst was paid $275.
In the fall of 1888 as Wagenhorst served the Penn football team as its coach, trainer and he even played end briefly that season. In 1889, while coaching at Penn, Wagenhorst enrolled in Law School.
As a Penn law student, Wagenhorst also became third-baseman and captain of the school"s 1890 and 1891 baseball teams.
Wagenhorst later practiced law in Washington Doctorate. C. until his death in 1946.
After graduating in 1892, he became a private secretary for Republican member of the United States. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and later Mayor of Philadelphia, John East. Reyburn.