Related Research Articles
Springfield College is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. The institution's mission, called the Humanics philosophy, calls for educating students in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to others It is also notable for its historical significance as the birthplace of basketball, which was invented on campus in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor and graduate student James Naismith.
New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 305 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five to one. New Hampton School does not require a uniform.
James A. Baldwin was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. A native of Somerville, Massachusetts, Baldwin played on the football, baseball, and track teams at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1908.
Mack Saxon was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track, and athletic administrator.
Leslie Mann was an American athlete and sports administrator. He played college football and professional baseball, and went on to coach football, baseball, and basketball. He was the founder and first president of the International Baseball Federation (IBF), the predecessor to the modern World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).
Charles Edward Brickley was an American football player and coach. He was a two-time All-American at Harvard and set college football records for career and single-season field goals. He then served as the head football coach at the Johns Hopkins University in 1915 and Boston College from 1916 to 1917 and coached the New York Brickley Giants of the American Professional Football Association—now the National Football League—in 1921. He also competed the triple jump at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Joseph McKenney was an American football player, coach, and official. He served as the head football coach at Boston College from 1928 to 1934, compiling a record of 44–18–3. McKenney also played at Boston College and was the starting quarterback for the Eagles from 1923 to 1926.
Rudolph H. Lavik was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1920 to 1921, at Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff—now known as Northern Arizona University—from 1927 to 1932, and at Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe—now known as Arizona State University—from 1933 to 1937, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 43–43–9. Lavik was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State Flagstaff (1927–1931), Colorado Agricultural College—now known as Colorado State University (1925–1927), and Arizona State Tempe, tallying a career college basketball head coaching mark of 152–156. In addition, he served as the athletic director at Northern Arizona from 1927 to 1933 and Arizona State from 1933 to 1949. He remained a full-time member of Arizona State's faculty until 1962.
Warren Hugo Paul Schmakel was an American football player, coach, scout, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Michigan University in 1950 and at Boston University from 1964 to 1968, compiling a career college football record of 26–28–2. Schmakel later served as the athletic director at Boston University and at Illinois State University, and as a scout for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Harry Sullivan McDevitt was an American college football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the Catholic University of America in 1912 and Colgate University in 1917. He coached baseball at Colby College. McDevitt played as a quarterback at Dartmouth College in 1906, where he also later served as an assistant football coach.
The St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers were the 21 teams that represented St. Francis College in athletics. The Terriers were members of NCAA Division I and participated in the Northeast Conference (NEC) except in two sports that the NEC does not sponsor—men's and women's water polo. The water polo teams respectively competed in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Alfred Mudge McCoy was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as head football coach at Northeastern University and Colby College and was the head baseball and men's basketball coach at Northeastern.
Frederick J. Murray was an American football player, coach, and official and coach of baseball, basketball, and track and field. He served as the head football coach at Rhode Island State College, now the University of Rhode Island, in 1919, compiling a record of 0–7–1. Murray was also Rhode Island State's head basketball coach for one season in 1919–20, tallying a mark of 3–8.
Cleo Albert O'Donnell was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Holy Cross from 1904 to 1907. He was a football coach at Everett High School (1909–1915), Purdue University (1916–1917), Holy Cross (1919–1930) and Saint Anselm College (1935–1940). His 1914 Everett team has been ranked as the greatest high school football team of all time, finishing with a 13–0 record and outscoring opponents 600 to 0. In 11 years as the head coach at Holy Cross, his teams compiled a record of 69–27–6. O'Donnell has been inducted into the Holy Cross and Saint Anselm Halls of Fame.
Warren Llewellyn Huston was an American professional baseball infielder. He played for two teams in Major League Baseball (MLB); the 1937 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1944 Boston Braves. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 170 pounds (77 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
Walter Anthony Comerford was an American college football and basketball coach, university athletic director, minor league baseball player, government official, and United States Marine. He served as the head football and basketball coach at the Loyola College of Maryland from 1928 to 1933.
Harry Austin Dame was an American football coach.
Nicholas Rodis was an American athlete, coach, and administrator.
John Boone Simpson was an American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at who served as athletic director at Colby College in Waterville, Maine from 1962 to 1966, compiling a record of 8–32. Simpson was the athletic director at Boston University from 1975 to 1984.
Charles Eaton "Red" Silvia was an All-American competitive swimmer for Springfield College, and a Hall of Fame swimming coach for Springfield from 1937 through 1978 where he led his teams to ten New England Intercollegiate Championships. A 1956 Assistant Olympic swim coach, he was an outstanding contributor to the swimming community and served as President of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, as well as chairing the Board of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He authored seven books on swimming, Life Saving, and Scuba Diving, and was best known for his book, Life Saving and Water Safety Today.
References
- 1 2 3 AIC athletics program builds on storied past, The Republican, March 27, 2011.
- 1 2 "Russ Peterson, Head Coach at A. I. C., Succeeds Kawal as B. U. Line Coach". The Boston Globe. August 7, 1941.
- 1 2 Richard Bedard continuing tradition of athletic excellence at American International College, MassLive.com, December 24, 2010.
- ↑ MacPhail Indicted by Grand Jury on Assault Charges, Daily Boston Globe, November 14, 1945.
- ↑ Russ Peterson Records by Year Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ Men's Basketball Year-By-Year Results, American International College, March 13, 2010.
- ↑ New Terrier Line Coach Finding Job Broadening, The Christian Science Monitor, October 1, 1941.
- ↑ Peterson to Trim Terrier Yearlings, The Christian Science Monitor, Nov 29, 1941.
- ↑ Around The Hub, The Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1943.
- ↑ Holmer, Peterson Leave for Service, The Christian Science Monitor, Apr 21, 1943.
- ↑ Russ Peterson, Sports Reference, retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ↑ TWO COACHES APPOINTED; Boston University Adds Swenson, Botsford to Football Staff, New York Times, September 10, 1948.
- ↑ Peterson Quits B. U. to Become Athletic Head at Arlington, Daily Boston Globe, Aug 18, 1949.
- ↑ Tech High School's Chet Boulris was a champ off the field, too, MassLive.com, June 28, 2010.
- ↑ West Springfield and Springfield Tech coach Eddie Mason taught lessons about football, life, MassLive.com, January 26, 2011.