Elroy Simon "Guck" Guckert (May 17, 1900 – September 3, 1940) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and professor. He served as the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 8–6–2. He was head basketball coach at Hillsdale for the 1925–26 season, tallying a mark of 5–9. Guckert was also Hilldale's athletic director and a professor of economics before leaving the school in February 1927 to attend Columbia University. A native of Sandusky, Ohio, Guckert attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he played football as a back and baseball as a first baseman. He coached football and basketball at Grand Rapids South High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan before succeeding fellow Denison alumnus Howard B. Jefferson as coach as Hillsdale in 1925. Disappearance Guckert is said to have died when he disappeared from a ship in 1940. However, his body was never recovered and he was never seen again, so his fate is unknown. Head coaching record College football See also List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea References 1900 births 1940 deaths 1940s missing person cases Baseball players from Ohio Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Ohio Baseball first basemen Denison Big Red baseball players Denison Big Red football players Denison Big Red men's basketball players Hillsdale Chargers athletic directors Hillsdale Chargers football coaches Hillsdale Chargers men's basketball coaches Hillsdale College faculty High school basketball coaches in Michigan High school football coaches in Michigan Sportspeople from Sandusky, Ohio Coaches of American football from Ohio Players of American football from Ohio