Thomas D. Whittles
Biographical details | |
---|---|
Born | (1873-12-27)December 27, 1873 Lancashire, England |
Died | December 6, 1950(1950-12-06) (aged 76) Carlton, Minnesota, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1895 | Waynesburg |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1895 | Waynesburg |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–0 |
Thomas Davies Whittles (December 27, 1873 – December 6, 1950) was an American Presbyterian missionary, novelist, and college football coach. He was the author of three missionary novels based on the life of Frank E. Higgins: The Lumberjack's Sky Pilot, The Parish of the Pines, and Frank Higgins, Trail Blazer. Whittles attended Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania as a pre-ministry student. They organized the school's first football team, for which he played and coached. He led the 1895 team to a record of 3–0.[1]
Whittles died on December 6, 1950, in Carlton, Minnesota.[2]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
1895 | Waynesburg | 3–0 | |||||||
Waynesburg: | 3–0 | ||||||||
Total: | 3–0 |
References
External links
- Thomas D. Whittles at Find a Grave
- v
- t
- e
- Thomas D. Whittles (1895)
- Unknown (1896)
- William B. Seaman (1897)
- Unknown (1898–1900)
- No team (1901)
- Unknown (1902–1906)
- Harrison Kauffman (1907)
- Unknown (1908)
- Edward Martin (1909)
- Clemence W. Frietag (1910)
- F. "Doc" Van Doren (1911)
- Unknown (1912)
- Hook (1913)
- Unknown (1914)
- Garrett (1915)
- Edward H. McCleary (1916)
- No team (1917–1920)
- Frank N. Wolf (1921–1922)
- Red Roberts (1923)
- Britain Patterson (1924)
- Katy Easterday (1925–1927)
- Frank N. Wolf (1928–1941)
- Mark L. Booth (1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Asa G. Wiley (1946)
- Stan Keck (1947–1950)
- John F. Wiley (1951–1954)
- John Popovich (1955–1958)
- Peter Mazzaferro (1959–1962)
- Mike Scarry (1963–1965)
- Carl DePasqua (1966–1967)
- Darrell Lewis (1968–1972)
- Hayden Buckley (1973–1982)
- William Tornabene (1983–1986)
- Ty Clarke (1987–1993)
- Dan Baranik (1994–2000)
- Jeff Hand (2001–2004)
- Rick Shepas (2005–2016)
- Chris Smithley (2017–2021)
- Cornelius Coleman (2022– )
This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1890s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e