Charles Tallman
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Tariff, West Virginia | September 18, 1900
Died | November 16, 1973 Augusta, Georgia | (aged 73)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1920–1923 | West Virginia |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1924 | West Virginia (assistant) |
1925–1928 | Marshall |
1929–1933 | West Virginia (freshmen) |
1934–1936 | West Virginia |
Basketball | |
1925–1926 | Marshall |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 37–21–9 (football) 10–7 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 WVIAC (1925, 1928) | |
Awards | |
All-American, 1923 | |
Charles Cameron "Trusty" Tallman (September 18, 1900 – November 16, 1973)[1] was an American football player and, coach of football and basketball, and law enforcement officer. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University from 1925 to 1928 and at West Virginia University from 1934 to 1936, compiling a career college football record of 37–21–9. Tallman was also the head basketball coach at Marshall during the 1925–26 season, tallying a mark of 10–7. He resigned after the 1936 season to become the Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police.[2] Tallman was also a member of the West Virginia Legislature.[3] He later lived in Augusta, Georgia, where he died on November 16, 1973.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Marshall Thundering Herd (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1928) | |||||||||
1925 | Marshall | 4–1–4 | 3–0–2 | ||||||
1926 | Marshall | 5–4–1 | |||||||
1927 | Marshall | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1928 | Marshall | 8–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
Marshall: | 22–9–7 | ||||||||
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1934–1936) | |||||||||
1934 | West Virginia | 6–4 | |||||||
1935 | West Virginia | 3–4–2 | |||||||
1936 | West Virginia | 6–4 | |||||||
West Virginia: | 15–12–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 37–21–9 |
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Glenn Named Grid Coach". The Pittsburgh Press. July 2, 1937. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "W. VA. SELECTS TALLMAN.; Names Member of State Legislature Football Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. February 17, 1934. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ "Ex-safety head dies in Georgia". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. United Press International. November 19, 1973. p. 13. Retrieved December 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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