Chadron State College Athletics

Trapp was LaVerne McKelvey’s teammate on the Bayard High School football team that defeated Chadron State 3-0 in 1919. After they graduated in 1921, they came to Chadron State and helped the Eagles become a gridiron power. Trapp was a lineman, who, according to available records, was a three-time all-conference choice. He was another five-year football letterman and also lettered four times in basketball and three times in track and field.
In 1930, Trapp became the Eagles’ coach in all sports. He remained the basketball coach through the 1934-35 and the football coach through 1937. Ross Armstrong succeeded him in both sports.  Trapp’s main claim to fame as a coach was winning both the conference basketball and football championships during the 1933 calendar year. The 1932-33 basketball team went 17-4 and the football team was 6-1 the next fall.