 Thurber in 1936 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1888-09-19)September 19, 1888 Guilford, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1966(1966-11-01) (aged 78) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Colgate |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1914 | Wabash |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1915 | Wabash |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1915 | Wabash |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–6–1 (football) 18–7 (basketball) 11–13 (baseball) |
Clarence Howe Thurber (September 19, 1888 – November 1, 1966) an American university administrator and college athletics coach. He was the 19th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for two seasons, from 1913 to 1914, compiling a record of 7–6–1. Thurber was also the head basketball coach at Wabash from 1913 to 1915, tallying a mark of 18–7, and the head baseball coach there from 1914 to 1915, amassing a record of 11–13. Thurber served as the president of the University of Redlands in Redlands, California from 1933 to 1938. He died on November 1, 1966, in Pasadena, California, following a long illness.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Little Giants (Independent) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Wabash | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1914 | Wabash | 2–2–2 | |||||||
| Wabash: | 7–4–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–4–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Former UR president dies in Pasadena". Redlands Daily Facts. Redlands, California. November 16, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved September 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
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