John Corbett (coach)

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John Corbett (coach) - Wikipedia

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John Corbett
Biographical details
Portrait of Corbett from Walter Camp's 1894 book, American Football
Born	(1869-11-14)November 14, 1869 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 20, 1947(1947-02-20) (aged 77) Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1890–1893	Harvard

Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1898	Holy Cross (interim HC)
1915–1923	Wyoming
Basketball
1910–1911	Ohio
1915–1924	Wyoming
Baseball
1909	Ohio
1912	Indiana

Head coaching record
Overall	16–44–3 (football) 40–45 (basketball) 12–12 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Consensus All-American (1890)

John Corbett (November 14, 1869 – February 20, 1947) was an American football player and coach of multiple sports. He played football for Harvard University from 1890 to 1893 and was selected as one of the two halfbacks on the 1890 College Football All-America Team. He graduated from Harvard in 1894 and earned a master's degree from Ohio University in 1910. Corbett went on to coach football in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.^[1] In 1914, he moved to Wyoming where he coached all of the athletic teams, including football, basketball, baseball, and track and field, for the University of Wyoming from 1914 to 1924.^[2] He remained the university's director of physical education until his retirement in September 1939.^[3]^[4] He became known as Wyoming's "Grand Old Man of Athletics."^[5]^[6] In October 1931, the University of Wyoming's athletic field was named Corbett Field in his honor.^[7]^[8] Corbett died on February 21, 1947, of an apparent heart attack at his home in Laramie, Wyoming; he was 77 years old.^[2]^[9]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Holy Cross Crusaders (Independent) (1898)
1898	Holy Cross	1–0
Holy Cross:		1–0
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1915–1917)
1915	Wyoming	2–6	1–5	T–6th
1916	Wyoming	1–4	1–4	6th
1917	Wyoming	3–4	1–4	7th
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1919–1923)
1919	Wyoming	3–5	3–3	5th
1920	Wyoming	4–5–1	2–5–1	7th
1921	Wyoming	1–4–2	1–3–2	7th
1922	Wyoming	1–8	1–7	9th
1923	Wyoming	0–8	0–7	10th
Wyoming:		15–44–3	10–38–3
Total:		16–44–3

References

^ Dean Snyder (October 19, 1920). "Claims Cowboys Are Good Grid Men: University of Wyoming Football Coach Likes Spirit of His Team". Appleton Post-Crescent.
^ ^a ^b "Old Ohio Grid Star Is Dead". Evening Independent (Masillon, Ohio). February 22, 1947.
^ "Former Wyoming Grid Coach Dies". Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH). February 22, 1947.
^ "Wyoming Athletic Head Will Retire". San Antonio Light. July 2, 1939.
^ "Corbett, 77, Dead". Ogden Standard-Examiner. February 22, 1947.
^ "1891 All-American Gridder Found Dead". Marion Star (Associated Press). February 22, 1947.
^ "Utah Ags Spoil Wyoming Festival, 12-0". Billings Gazette. October 25, 1931.
^ "Wyoming Names Athletic Field". Greeley Daily Tribune. September 26, 1931.
^ "John Corbett; Ex-Coach at Wyoming U. Was on Camp's All-American in '91" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. February 22, 1947. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

External links

John Corbett at Find a Grave

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v t e 1890 Harvard Crimson football—national champions
Herb Alward John Corbett John Cranston Arthur Cumnock Dudley Dean Frank Hallowell James P. Lee Marshall Newell Hiland Orlando Stickney Bernard Trafford Joshua Damon Upton Head coach George A. Stewart George C. Adams

v t e 1890 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Dudley Dean HB John Corbett HB Lee McClung FB Sheppard Homans Jr.
Line	E Frank Hallowell E Ralph Warren T Marshall Newell T William Rhodes G Pudge Heffelfinger G Jesse Riggs C John Cranston