Walter D. Powell

Walter D. Powell
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1891-07-15)July 15, 1891
Reedsburg, Wisconsin
Died September 15, 1967(1967-09-15) (aged 76)
Gastonia, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1912–1913 Wisconsin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1916 Western Reserve
1919 Montana State
1920 Stanford
Basketball
1914–1917 Western Reserve
1919–1920 Montana State
1920–1921 Stanford
Baseball
1915 Western Reserve
Head coaching record
Overall 19–21–1 (football)
36–27 (basketball)
5–3 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 OAC (1915)

Walter Daniel Powell (July 15, 1891 – September 15, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.[1]

Powell played college football at Wisconsin from 1912 to 1913.[2][3] He coached several sports at Western Reserve from 1914 to 1917, amassing an overall 14–15 record in football, 18–24 record in basketball, and a 5–3 record in baseball.[4]

In 1917, Powell served as Athletic Director at Camp Sherman. From 1917-1919, he served as head coach of the Naval Training Station in Charleston, SC.[5]

He coached one season at Montana State from 1919 to 1920, where his football record was 1–3–1 and his basketball record was a perfect 13–0.[6]

From 1920 to 1921, Powell coached Stanford's football and basketball teams, where he compiled a football record of 4–3 and a basketball record of 15–3.[6]

In 1967, he died at Gastonia, North Carolina.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Western Reserve (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1914–1916)
1914 Western Reserve 4–62–49th
1915 Western Reserve 7–26–11st
1916 Western Reserve 3–73–48th
Western Reserve: 14–1511–9
Montana State Bobcats (Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference) (1919)
1919 Montana State 1–3–10–3NA
Montana State: 1–3–10–3
Stanford (Pacific Coast Conference) (1920)
1920 Stanford 4–32–12nd
Stanford: 4–32–1
Total:19–21–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6F8-VLF
  2. ↑ "2009 Wisconsin Football Fact Book" (PDF). p. 244. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ Bruckman, C. A. (December 29, 1920). "Powell picks Bruin squad to beat Ohio State". Deseret News. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Walter D. Powell". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  5. ↑ https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19200505-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
  6. 1 2 "Walter D. Powell". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FP3S-JQN
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