Maurice Gordon Clarke

Maurice Gordon Clarke

Biographical details
Born	(1877-05-02)May 2, 1877 Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	June 5, 1944(1944-06-05) (aged 67) Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1896–1898	Chicago
Positions	Quarterback, halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1899	Texas
1900	Western Reserve
1901	Washington University
Baseball
1900	Texas
Head coaching record
Overall	15–8–3 (football) 14–2–1 (baseball)

Maurice Gordon Clarke (May 2, 1877 – June 5, 1944) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. ^[1] The Omaha, Nebraska native served as head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1899, at Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—in 1900, and at Washington University in St. Louis in 1901, compiling a career football coaching record of 15–8–3. He was also the head baseball coach at Texas in the spring of 1900, tallying a mark of 14–2–1.

Clarke was a graduate of the University of Chicago and played quarterback for the Chicago Maroons from 1896 to 1898 teams under Amos Alonzo Stagg. He also lettered in baseball at Chicago. ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Clarke was born May 2, 1877, in Bellevue, Nebraska, to Henry T. Clarke Sr. and Martha A. Fielding Clarke, and had many siblings, including baseball player and coach Henry T. Clarke Jr. ^[4]

Clarke later went into the oil business in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He died there on June 5, 1944. ^[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1899)
1899	Texas	6–2	3–2	7th
Texas:		6–2	3–2
Western Reserve (Independent)(1900)
1900	Western Reserve	4–3–2
Western Reserve:		4–3–2
Washington University (Independent)(1901)
1901	Washington University	5–3–1
Washington University:		5–3–1
Total:		15–8–3

Baseball

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1900)
1900	Texas	14–2–1
Texas:		14–2–1 (.853)
Total:		14–2–1 (.853)

^[6]

References

1. "The University of Texas Record". 1902.
2. "Head Coaches". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
3. "WRU Football 1900/01 Season Record". University Archives. Case Western Reserve University . Retrieved September 22, 2012.
4. "Washington Prospects Bright". St. Louis Globe-Democrat . St. Louis, Missouri. September 27, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Oil Man, 67, Dies". Miami News-Record . Miami, Oklahoma. Associated Press. June 7, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved July 13, 2020– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Texas Baseball History 2018 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.

External links

• Maurice Gordon Clarke at Find a Grave