Clarence Childs
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Childs from The Arbutus 1916
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 24, 1883 Wooster, Ohio, United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C., United States |
| Playing career | |
| 1910 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1914–1915 | Indiana |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1914–1915 | Indiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–7–1 |
| Statistics | |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | |||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||
| Club | NYAC, New York | |||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 52.53 m (1912)[1] | |||||||||
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Clarence Chester Childs (July 24, 1883 – September 16, 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.[1] He 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.[2][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 track 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 | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| 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: | 6–7–1 | ||||||||
References
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- ↑ The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Rbhayes.org (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-08-23.
- ↑ Sandusky County, Ohio, has a long tradition of producing superb athletes. Perhaps one of its most fascinating was Clarence Childs. Born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1881, Clarence moved with his family to Fremont at age eleven. It was in Fremont that Clarence would not only discover his talents as an athlete but also as a musician.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Shlaes, Amity (2014) Coolidge. Harper Perennial. p. 239. ISBN 0061967599.
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