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Robert E. Brannan (November 12, 1891 – August 6, 1958) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the first coach in Chicago Bears franchise history, running the team when they were known as the Decatur Staleys in 1919.

Robert E. Brannan

Biographical details
Born	(1891-11-12)November 12, 1891 Timken, Kansas
Died	August 6, 1958(1958-08-06) (aged 66) New York, New York
Alma mater	Ottawa University (1915)
Playing career
Football
1912–1913	Ottawa
Basketball
1912–1915	Ottawa
Baseball
1910–1915	Ottawa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1918	Millikin
1919	Decatur Staleys
1920–1922	Ottawa
Basketball
1918–1919	Millikin
1920–1922	Ottawa
Baseball
1919	Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall	8–20–1 (college football) 37–12 (college basketball) 3–2 (college baseball)

In 1920, he became the ninth head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, a position he held for three seasons until 1922. His coaching record at Ottawa was 4–19–1.[1] According to football legend Walter Camp, the only bright spot for the team in the 1922 season was a guard named Swineheart who "played consistently" for the season.[2] Brannan graduated from the Ottawa academy in 1911. He later graduated from Ottawa University in 1915, having earned fourteen letters in all university sports.[3] Prior to coaching at Ottawa, he has coached at Sioux Falls University, James Millikin University and at high schools near Decatur, Illinois.[3] After coaching he worked for what later became Union Carbide, Co. until he retired in 1956.[4] He died at a hospital at New York City in 1958.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Millikin Big Blue (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1918)
1918	Millikin	4–1
Millikin:		4–1
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922)
1920	Ottawa	1–6	1–6	12th
1921	Ottawa	3–5–1	2–5–1	T–11th
1922	Ottawa	0–8	0–7	16th
Ottawa:		4–19–1	3–18–1
Total:		8–20–1

References

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