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Marchmont Schwartz 
Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born March 20, 1909 Place of birth New Orleans, Louisiana Died April 18, 1991 (aged 82) Place of death Danville, California Playing career 1929–1931 Notre Dame Position(s) Halfback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1932–1933
1934
1935–1939
1940–1941
1942–1950Notre Dame (assistant)
Chicago (assistant)
Creighton
Stanford (backfield)
StanfordHead coaching record Overall 47–50–6 Bowls 1–0 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 1 MVC (1936) Awards All-American, 1930
All-American, 1931College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1974 (profile)Marchmont H. "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 – April 18, 1991) was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47–50–6; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.
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Early life and playing career
Schwartz was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College prep school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 19–0 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.
Coaching career
Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy.[1] In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.[2]
Death
Schwartz died on April 18, 1991 in Danville, California, aged 82.[3]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP# Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference) (1935–1939) 1935 Creighton 3–5–1 2–2–1 3rd 1936 Creighton 4–4 3–0 T–1st 1937 Creighton 2–7 0–3 7th 1938 Creighton 6–1–1 1–0–1 3rd 1939 Creighton 4–5 2–4 6th Creighton: 19–22–2 8–11–2 Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942–1950) 1942 Stanford 6–4 5–2 3rd 12 1943 No team—World War II 1943 No team—World War II 1944 No team—World War II 1945 Stanford 6–3–1 3–3–1 5th 1947 Stanford 0–9 0–7 10th 1948 Stanford 4–6 3–4 5th 1949 Stanford 7–3–1 4–2 T–3rd W Pineapple 1950 Stanford 5–3–2 2–2–2 T–4th Stanford: 28–28–4 Total: 47–50–6 #Rankings from final AP Poll. References
- ^ Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid, Associated Press, January 18, 1934.
- ^ NEA Staff, Stanford Alumni Change Tune, The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
- ^ AP (April 20, 1991). "Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/20/obituaries/marchmont-schwartz-football-coach-82.html. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
External links
- Marchmont Schwartz at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Marchmont Schwartz at the College Football Data Warehouse
Creighton Bluejays head football coaches Herbert Whipple (1900–1901) • A. G. Ellick (1902) • Unknown (1903–1904) • Dan Butler (1905) • George Cavanaugh (1906) • Bell (1907) • Jack Schneider (1908–1909) • Harry Miller (1910–1914) • Tommy Mills (1915–1919) • Eddie Mulholland (1920) • Malcolm Baldridge (1921–1922) • Chet A. Wynne (1923–1929) • Arthur R. Stark (1930–1933) • Eddie Hickey (1934) • Marchmont Schwartz (1935–1939) • Maurice H. Palrang (1940–1942)
Stanford Indians / Cardinals / Cardinal head football coaches No coach (1891) • Walter Camp (1892) • C. D. Bliss (1893) • Walter Camp (1894–1895) • Harry P. Cross (1896) • George H. Brooke (1897) • Harry P. Cross (1898) • Burr Chamberlain (1899) • Fielding H. Yost (1900) • Charles Fickert (1901) • Carl L. Clemans (1902) • James F. Lanagan (1903–1905) • No team (1906–1918) • Bob Evans (1919) • Walter D. Powell (1920) • Eugene Van Gent (1921) • Andrew Kerr (1922–1923) • Pop Warner (1924–1932) • Claude E. Thornhill (1933–1939) • Clark Shaughnessy (1940–1941) • Marchmont Schwartz (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Marchmont Schwartz (1946–1950) • Chuck Taylor (1951–1957) • Jack Curtice (1958–1962) • John Ralston (1963–1971) • Jack Christiansen (1972–1976) • Bill Walsh (1977–1978) • Rod Dowhower (1979) • Paul Wiggin (1980–1983) • Jack Elway (1984–1988) • Dennis Green (1989–1991) • Bill Walsh (1992–1994) • Tyrone Willingham (1995–2001) • Buddy Teevens (2002–2004) • Walt Harris (2005–2006) • Jim Harbaugh (2007–2010) • David Shaw (2011– )
Categories:- 1909 births
- 1991 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Chicago Maroons football coaches
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- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- Stanford Cardinal football coaches
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Contra Costa County, California
- People from Hancock County, Mississippi
- People from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Players of American football from Mississippi
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