- T. Nelson Metcalf
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T. Nelson Metcalf Sport(s) Football, basketball, track Biographical details Born September 21, 1890 Place of birth Elyria, Ohio Died January 17, 1982 (aged 91) Place of death Santa Barbara, California Playing career 1909–1911 Oberlin Position(s) End, tackle Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1912
1913
1915–1917
1919–1921
1922–1923Oberlin (assistant)
Oberlin
Columbia
Oberlin
Minnesota (assistant)Administrative career (AD unless noted) 1924–1933
1933–1956Iowa State
ChicagoHead coaching record Overall 33–13–4 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Thomas Nelson "Nellie" Metcalf (September 21, 1890 – January 17, 1982) was an American football and basketball player, track athlete, coach of football and track, professor of physical education, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Columbia University (1915–1917) as well as his alma mater, Oberlin College (1913, 1919–1921), compiling a career college football record of 33–13–4. From 1924 to 1933, Metcalf taught at Iowa State University in the physical education department and served as the school's athletic director. He then moved on to the University of Chicago, where he was the athletic director from 1933 to 1956. At Chicago, he replaced Amos Alonzo Stagg, who was forced into retirement at the age of 70 after 40 years of service as the school's athletic director and head football coach.[1]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Oberlin Yeomen (Independent) (1913) 1913 Oberlin 6–1–1 Columbia Lions (Independent) (1915–1917) 1915 Columbia 5–0 1916 Columbia 1–5–2 1917 Columbia 2–4 Columbia: 8–9–2 Oberlin Yeomen (Independent) (1919–1921) 1919 Oberlin 7–1 1920 Oberlin 5–2 1921 Oberlin 7–0–1 Oberlin: 25–4–2 Total: 33–13–4 References
- ^ AP (October 14, 1932). "STAGG IS RETIRED AS CHICAGO COACH; University Invokes Age Rule of 70 to Relieve Him of All Active Duties. MOVE IN EFFECT NEXT JUNE Veteran's 40-Year Tenure Ends -- Protesting Action, He May Decline a New Post. METCALF HIS SUCCESSOR Iowa State Official Named Athletic Director -- Page Likely to Be Football Mentor.". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40814FA3B5513738DDDAD0994D8415B828FF1D3. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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Oberlin Yeomen head football coaches B. M. Hogen (1891) • John Heisman (1892) • E. B. Camp (1893) • John Heisman (1894) • W. M. Richards (1895) • C. K. Fauver (1896) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1897) • E. I. Stearns (1898–1899) • Edgar Fauver & Edward Fauver (1900–1902) • Edward Fauver (1903–1904) • R. M. Jones (1905) • H. R. Snyder (1906–1910) • Glen Gray (1911–1912) • T. Nelson Metcalf (1913) • A. J. Pyle (1914) • Frank Cary (1915) • Paul DesJardien (1916) • J. Speelman (1917–1918) • T. Nelson Metcalf (1919–1921) • U. H. Stallings & Lawrence McPhee (1922–1923) • P. N. MacEachron (1924–1929) • Lysle K. Butler (1930–1957) • J. William Grice (1958–1972) • Cass Jackson (1973–1975) • Richard Riendeau (1976–1977) • Don Hunsinger (1978–1989) • Larry Story (1990–1991) • Tony Pierce (1992–1993) • Pete Peterson (1994–1998) • Jeff Ramsey (1999– )
Columbia Lions head football coaches No coach (1870–1898) • George Sanford (1899–1901) • Bill Morley (1902–1905) • No team (1906–1914) • T. Nelson Metcalf (1915–1917) • Fred Dawson (1918–1919) • Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1920–1922) • Percy Haughton (1923–1924) • Paul Withington (1924) • Charles Crowley (1925–1929) • Lou Little (1930–1956) • Aldo Donelli (1957–1967) • Frank Navarro (1968–1973) • William Campbell (1974–1979) • Bob Naso (1980–1984) • Jim Garrett (1985) • Larry McElreavy (1986–1988) • Ray Tellier (1989–2002) • Bob Shoop (2003–2005) • Norries Wilson (2006–)
Categories:- 1890 births
- 1982 deaths
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- Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
- Oberlin College faculty
- Oberlin Yeomen football coaches
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- People from Elyria, Ohio
- People from Santa Barbara, California
- Players of American football from Ohio
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