12 Facts About Skip Gougler

Roscoe A "Skip" Gougler was an American football player and coach, dentist, and professor of dentistry.

Skip Gougler played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Pittsburgh Panthers football teams from 1914 to 1918.

Skip Gougler was selected as a second-team All-American in 1918.

Skip Gougler played two years of professional football, including the 1919 season with the Massillon Tigers of the Ohio League.

Skip Gougler later coached football and became a member of the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh's dentistry school.

Skip Gougler signed with the Massillon Tigers to play professional football in 1919.

Skip Gougler proved to be a key player on the 1919 Massillon team.

At Lafayette, Skip Gougler worked as an assistant to his former Pitt teammate Jock Sutherland.

In 1924, Sutherland became the head football coach at Pitt, and Skip Gougler followed him from Lafayette.

Skip Gougler remained a member of the Pitt coaching staff until 1934.

Skip Gougler later served as a member of Pitt's Dental School faculty.

Skip Gougler died at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh at age 67 in 1962.