Maurice Gordon Clarke
Maurice Gordon Clarke (May 2, 1877 – June 5, 1944) 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 15–8–3.[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]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Bellevue, Nebraska | May 2, 1877
Died | June 5, 1944 67) Okmulgee, Oklahoma | (aged
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 | 15–8–3 (football) 14–2–1 (baseball) |
Clarke later went into the oil business in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He died there on June 5, 1944.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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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 (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
1901 | Washington University | 5–3–1 | |||||||
Washington University: | 5–3–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 15–8–3 |
Baseball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Texas Longhorns[6] (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1900) | |||||||||
1900 | Texas | 14–2–1 | |||||||
Texas: | 14–2–1 (.853) | ||||||||
Total: | 14–2–1 (.853) |
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.
- "Oil Man, 67, Dies". Miami News-Record. Miami, Oklahoma. Associated Press. June 7, 1944. p. 5. Retrieved July 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Texas Baseball History 2018 Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2019.