Cornell University Athletics

Sharpe, who earned his medical degree from Yale in 1902, came to Ithaca in 1912 as Cornell[apos]s football, basketball and baseball coach. His 1915 football team was the University[apos]s first undefeated team, winning all nine of its games and being acclaimed by Walter Camp as the national champion. His six-year gridiron record was 34-21-1. He coached the baseball team from 1913-1919, and was in charge of the basketball team from 1912-19. His 1914 basketball team won the Eastern League championship, and he compiled a 78-32 overall record. From 1919-21 he was director of athletics and head football coach at Yale University. He returned to Ithaca in 1921 to organize the Ithaca School of Physical Education, a forerunner of Ithaca College, and he remained in that position until 1927.