Maurice Gordon Clarke
| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 2, 1877 Bellevue, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1896–1898 | Chicago |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899 | Texas |
| 1900 | Western Reserve |
| 1901 | Washington University |
| Baseball | |
| 1900 | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
15–6–2 (football) 14–2–1 (baseball) |
Maurice Gordon Clarke (born May 2, 1877) was an American football and 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, compiling a career college football record of 15–6–2.[2] 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.[3][4]
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 Bears (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Washington University | 5–1 | |||||||
| Washington University: | 5–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 15–6–2 | ||||||||
References
- ↑
- ↑ "All Along The Line—Just a Word About the Day's Prospects—Games in East and West—Chicago Has a Hard Proposition in Purdue–Wisconsin Expectations". The Minneapolis Journal. Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 12, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Head Coaches". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ↑ "WRU Football 1900/01 Season Record". University Archives. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
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