Charles L. Foote

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Charles L. Foote
Biographical details
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Playing career
1912–13 MIT Engineers
1913–15 Boston Athletic Association
1914–15 Boston Arenas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1916–17 St. Mark's School
1923–25 Boston College
Head coaching record
Overall12-13-3 (NCAA)

Charles L. Foote was an American ice hockey player and coach who served as head coach of the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team from 1923 to 1925.

Contents

Hockey

Playing

Foote was a two time Boston Globe All-Scholastic player at Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts and was team captain his senior season. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he played for the MIT Engineers men's ice hockey team. [1] In 1913, Foote joined the Boston Athletic Association's hockey team. [2] He also played for the Boston Arenas. [1] In February 1915, Foote joined an automobile ambulance corps, however illness prevented him from going overseas. [3] [4]

Coaching

In 1916, Foote succeeded Fred Rocque as head coach at St. Mark's School. [5] In his first season, Foote led the hockey team to a private school championship. In 1923, he succeeded Rocque as head coach of the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team. [1] He compiled a 12-13-3 record over two seasons at BC. [6]

Business career

Foote worked Sherwood, Inc., Industrial Sound Pictures, and the United-Carr Fastener Company. During World War II he was the state pricing officer and acting regional administrator for the Office of Price Administration. [7] [8] In 1948 he joined H. M. Sawyer & Son Company as general manager. In 1953, he succeeded the deceased Howard M. Sawyer as president. [9] In 1955, he led a group that purchased the company from the Sawyer estate. [10] In 1956, H. M. Sawyer merged with two other rainwear and protective clothing companies, A. J. Tower Company and J. F. Carter Company, to form Sawyer-Tower Inc. Foote served as president of the new company. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "B. C. Signs Foote as Hockey Coach". The Boston Globe. November 29, 1923.
  2. ↑ "Hockey". The Unicorn. XVI (5). December 20, 1913. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Doyle, Edward R., ed. (February 1915). "Charter Correspondence". The Phi Gamma Delta. XXXVII (4): 381. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Foote Reported Improving". The Boston Globe. June 7, 1915.
  5. ↑ "Just the Weather for School Hockey". The Boston Globe. January 17, 1916.
  6. ↑ "Boston College Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO. U.S. College Hockey Online. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "C. E. Foote, Concord, State Pricing Officer". The Boston Globe. February 2, 1943.
  8. ↑ Foote, Charles L. (February 21, 1945). "Regional and District Office Orders". The Federal Register: 2117. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Foote Named President H. M. Sawyer & Son". Atlantic Fisherman. 1953.
  10. ↑ "Group Buys Control of H. M. Sawyer Co". The Boston Globe. April 26, 1955.
  11. ↑ "Three Leading Manufacturers of Protective Clothing Merge". The Boston Globe. January 5, 1956.
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