C. Sherman King
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![]() King pictured in the Chicago Tribune, 1908 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Wabash, Indiana | September 14, 1865
Died | July 18, 1908 Columbia City, Indiana | (aged 42)
Alma mater | Yale (1889) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1889 | Wabash |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–1 |
Charles Sherman King (September 14, 1865 – July 18, 1908) was an American football coach. He served as the fourth head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and he held that position for the 1889 season. His record at Wabash was 1–1.[1] King was killed, along with wife and two daughters, on July 18, 1908, when a train stuck their automobile near Columbia City, Indiana.[2]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wabash (Independent) (1889) | |||||||||
1889 | Wabash | 1–1 | |||||||
Wabash: | 1–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–1 |
References
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Wabash College coaching records
- ^ "Killed, with His Family, in Auto Wreck". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. July 19, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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