Clarence H. Thurber
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 19, 1888 Guilford, Vermont |
| Died | November 1, 1966 (aged 78) Pasadena, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Colgate |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1914 | Wabash |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1915 | Wabash |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1915 | Wabash |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–6–1 (football) 18–7 (basketball) 11–13 (baseball) |
Clarence Howe Thurber (September 19, 1888 – November 1, 1966)[1] an American university administrator and college athletics coach. He was the 19th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for two seasons, from 1913 to 1914, compiling a record of 7–6–1.[2] Thurber was also the head basketball coach at Wabash from 1913 to 1915, tallying a mark of 18–7, and the head baseball coach there from 1914 to 1915, amassing a record of 11–13. Thurber served as the president of the University of Redlands in Redlands, California from 1933 to 1938. He died on November 1, 1966, in Pasadena, California, following a long illness.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Wabash | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1914 | Wabash | 2–2–2 | |||||||
| Wabash: | 7–4–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–4–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Former UR president dies in Pasadena". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. November 16, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved September 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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