Clarence Childs

Clarence Childs
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	July 24, 1883(1883-07-24)
Place of birth	Wooster, Ohio
Died	September 16, 1960(1960-09-16) (aged 77)
Place of death	Washington, D.C.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1914–1915	Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall	6–7–1
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Medal record
Clarence Childs (right) and Simon Gillis (left)
Men’s athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze	1912 Stockholm	Hammer throw

Clarence Childs (Clarence Chester Childs; July 24, 1883 – September 16, 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a record of 6–7–1.

Biography

He was born on July 24, 1883 in Wooster, Ohio.^[1] He became Captain of the Yale track team before he competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the hammer throw where he won the Bronze medal.^[2] Childs was track the football coach at Indiana University and served in France during World War I. He died in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 1960.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1914–1915)
1914	Indiana	3–4	1–4	8th
1915	Indiana	3–3–1	1–3	8th
Indiana:		6–7–1	2–7
Total:		6–7–1

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Clarence Childs". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/clarence-childs-1.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20. "Track was but one of three sports at which Clarence Childs excelled. He was on the football, wrestling, and track teams at Yale and 1912 was the only year that he treated hammer throwing with any degree of seriousness. Prior to placing second at the Final Trials that year, his best performance had been a third place at the IC4A in 1911. In Stockholm he finished more than 20 feet behind the winner, Matt McGrath, but came close to beating Duncan Gillis of Canada for the silver medal. From 1914 to 1916, Childs was track and football coach at Indiana University and then saw service in France. Among other posts, he held that of athletic director at the Colombes Stadium in Paris. Leaving the army with the rank of major, he returned home and became an industrial engineer." 
2. ^ "Gardner, Pole Vaulter and Golfer, Succeeds C.C. Childs, Resigned.". The New York Times. January 23, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E04EFDE173CE633A25750C2A9679C946396D6CF. Retrieved 2008-11-20. "Robert A. Gardner, '12, of Chicago was to-day elected Captain of the Yale track team, to succeed Capt. Clarence C. Childs, who announced his resignation last Saturday. Gardner is a pole vaulter, and has been on the track team for two years. He is also leader of the Yale Glee Club and a former, Western golf champion." 

External links

• Clarence Chester Childs at Sports Reference
• Clarence C. Childs at the College Football Data Warehouse

Persondata
Name	Childs, Clarence
Alternative names	Childs, Clarence Chester
Short description	American hammer thrower and football coach
Date of birth	July 24, 1883
Place of birth	Wooster, Ohio
Date of death	September 16, 1960
Place of death	Washington, D.C.