- David Farragut Edwards
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David Farragut Edwards Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born c. 1872 Place of birth Jersey City, New Jersey Died December 6, 1930 (aged 58) Place of death Spring Lake, New Jersey Playing career ? Princeton Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1897
1898Ohio State
TexasHead coaching record Overall 6–8–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse David Farragut Edwards (c. 1872 – December 6, 1930) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served for one season each at Ohio State University (1897) and the University of Texas at Austin (1898), compiling a career record of 6–8–1. Before coaching, Edwards played football at Princeton University. After his coaching career, he practiced law in his home state of New Jersey, and from 1914 to 1930 he held the office of New Jersey Supervisor of Inheritance Taxes.
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Early life and family
Edwards was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. His older brother was Edward I. Edwards was served as Governor of New Jersey from 1920 to 1923 and in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929.[1]
Coaching career
In 1897, at Ohio State, Edwards had a 1–7–1 record, the worst in the history of the program. He was the first Ohio State Buckeyes football coach to face Michigan. In 1898, Edwards took over at Texas and had a 5–1 record that season. While at Texas, he unsuccessfully attempted to change the school colors from orange and white to orange and maroon.
Later life
Following the 1898 season, Edwards returned to New Jersey, where he was admitted to the bar in 1901, and practiced law in Jersey City. He served as New Jersey Supervisor of Inheritance Taxes from 1914 until his death in 1930. Edwards died at the age of 58 on December 7, 1930 of "acute indigestion" in at his home in Spring Lake, New Jersey.[1]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Ohio State Buckeyes (Independent) (1897) 1897 Ohio State 1–7–1 Ohio State: 1–7–1 Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1898) 1898 Texas 5–1 Texas: 5–1 Total: 6–8–1 References
- ^ a b "DAVID F. EDWARDS DEAD.; Jersey Inheritance Tax Supervisor and Ex-Senator's Brother". The New York Times. December 7, 1930. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0814F9345C11738DDDAE0894DA415B808FF1D3. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
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Ohio State Buckeyes head football coaches Alexander S. Lilley (1890–1891) • Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder (1892–1895) • Charles A. Hickey (1896) • David Farragut Edwards (1897) • Frederick Bushnell "Jack" Ryder (1898) • John B. Eckstorm (1899–1901) • Perry Hale (1902–1903) • Edwin Sweetland (1904–1905) • Albert E. Herrnstein (1906–1909) • Howard Jones (1910) • Harry Vaughan (1911) • John R. Richards (1912) • John Wilce (1913–1928) • Sam Willaman (1929–1933) • Francis Schmidt (1934–1940) • Paul Brown (1941–1943) • Carroll Widdoes (1944–1945) • Paul Bixler (1946) • Wes Fesler (1947–1950) • Woody Hayes (1951–1978) • Earle Bruce (1979–1987) • John Cooper (1988–2000) • Jim Tressel (2001–2010) • Luke Fickell # (2011)
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Texas Longhorns head football coaches No coach (1893) • Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth (1894) • Frank Crawford (1895) • Harry Orman Robinson (1896) • Walter F. Kelly (1897) • David Farragut Edwards (1898) • Maurice Gordon Clarke (1899) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1900–1901) • J. B. Hart (1902) • Ralph Hutchinson (1903–1905) • H. R. Schenker (1906) • W. E. Metzenthin (1907–1908) • Dexter W. Draper (1909) • Billy Wasmund (1910–1911) • Dave Allerdice (1912–1915) • Eugene Van Gent (1916) • William Juneau (1917–1919) • Berry Whitaker (1920–1922) • E. J. Stewart (1923–1926) • Clyde Littlefield (1927–1933) • Jack Chevigny (1934–1936) • Dana X. Bible (1937–1946) • Blair Cherry (1947–1950) • Ed Price (1951–1956) • Darrell Royal (1957–1976) • Fred Akers (1977–1986) • David McWilliams (1987–1991) • John Mackovic (1992–1997) • Mack Brown (1998– )
Categories:- Year of birth uncertain
- 1870s births
- 1930 deaths
- Ohio State Buckeyes football coaches
- Princeton Tigers football players
- Texas Longhorns football coaches
- People from Jersey City, New Jersey
- New Jersey lawyers
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