The 1942 Manhattan Beach Coast Guard football team represented the United States Coast Guard's training school at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, during the 1942 college football season.
9 among the service teams in a poll of 91 sports writers conducted by the Associated Press.
[1] The team was coached by Gar Griffith, who both played and coached football at Ohio State before the war, and Pug Vaughan, who was a player-coach.
[2] Notable players included Esco Sarkkinen, Mike Karmazin, and Eulace Peacock.
Commander Jack Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion of the world, was the director of physical education; he was referred to in press coverage as the team's "water boy.