Clarence Childs

Clarence Childs
Personal information
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	NYAC, New York
Achievements and titles
Personal best	52.53 m (1912)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Clarence Childs
	Childs from The Arbutus 1916
Biographical details
Born	July 24, 1883; Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 16, 1960 (aged 77); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Playing career
1910	Yale
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1913	Wooster
1914–1915	Indiana
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1915	Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall	8–10–3

Clarence Chester Childs (July 24, 1883 – September 16, 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.^[1]^[2] He represented the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, winning a bronze medal in the hammer throw. Childs served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a record of 6–7–1.

Biography

He was born on July 24, 1883, in Wooster, Ohio.^[1] He lived in Fremont, Ohio, for much of his youth where he played football for the Fremont Football Club.^[3] He became Captain of the Yale track team before he competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the hammer throw where he won the bronze medal.^[4] Childs was the football coach at Indiana University and served in France during World War I. Childs was appointed by President Warren Harding to a position within the U.S. Treasury Department, but was fired when he attacked a United States Secret Service agent, who was following him on suspicion that Childs had illegally removed sensitive documents.^[5] He died in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 1960.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wooster Fightings Scots (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1913)
1913	Wooster	2–3–2	1–3–1	T–8th
Wooster:		2–3–2	1–3–1
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1914–1915)
1914	Indiana	3–4	1–4	8th
1915	Indiana	3–3–1	1–3	8th
Indiana:		6–7–1	2–7
Total:		8–10–3

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Clarence Childs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
^ "Clarence Childs". Olympedia. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
^ The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Rbhayes.org (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-08-23.
^ "Gardner, Pole Vaulter and Golfer, Succeeds C.C. Childs, Resigned". The New York Times. January 23, 1912. Retrieved November 20, 2008. Robert A. Gardner, '12, of Chicago was to-day elected Captain of the Yale track team, to succeed Capt. Clarence C. Childs, who announced his resignation last Saturday. Gardner is a pole vaulter, and has been on the track team for two years. He is also leader of the Yale Glee Club and a former, Western golf champion.
^ Shlaes, Amity (2014) Coolidge. Harper Perennial. p. 239. ISBN 0061967599.

External links

Clarence Childs at Find a Grave

[sr-1] "Clarence Childs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2008.

[2] "Clarence Childs". Olympedia. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

[3] The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Rbhayes.org (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-08-23.

[4] "Gardner, Pole Vaulter and Golfer, Succeeds C.C. Childs, Resigned". The New York Times. January 23, 1912. Retrieved November 20, 2008. Robert A. Gardner, '12, of Chicago was to-day elected Captain of the Yale track team, to succeed Capt. Clarence C. Childs, who announced his resignation last Saturday. Gardner is a pole vaulter, and has been on the track team for two years. He is also leader of the Yale Glee Club and a former, Western golf champion.

[5] Shlaes, Amity (2014) Coolidge. Harper Perennial. p. 239. ISBN 0061967599.

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