Norman G. Wann

Norman G. Wann
Norman G. Wann
Wann pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track
Biographical details
Born July 8, 1882(1882-07-08)
Place of birth Silverwood, Indiana
Died July 23, 1957(1957-07-23) (aged 75)
Place of death Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
Playing career
Football
c. 1905
Earlham
Position(s) Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
19081909
19151917
19191922
19231924
1925
19261927
19291931

Basketball
19081910
19151918
19191923
19231925

Baseball
19091910
19161918
19201921
1927

Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Earlham
Ball Teachers (assistant)
Ball Teachers
City of Detroit


Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Earlham


Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Ball Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall 744010 (football)
12879 (basketball)
4339 (baseball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882July 23, 1957) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas (19081909), Millikin College (19151917, 19191922), Earlham College (19231924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal Schoolnow Ball State University (19261927), and the College of the City of Detroitnow Wayne State University (19291931), compiling a career college football record of 744010. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (19081910), Millikin (19151918, 19191923), and Earlham (19231925), amassing a carer college basketball record of 12879. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (19091910), Millikin (19161918, 19201921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball mark of 4339.

Wann attended Earlham College, where he played football as a lineman and ran track. He left campus in 1908 one credit short of his BBS degree, which he did not receive until 1922. Earlham served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. In 1929, he earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin. After his retirement from coaching, he moved to Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan. He died there on July 23, 1957. Three years earlier, in 1954, he was inducted into Earlham's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1986, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]

Contents

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Ottawa Braves (KIAC) (19081909)
1908 Millikin 34
1909 Millikin 611
Millikin: 951
Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (19151917)
1915 Millikin 521
1916 Millikin 801
1917 Millikin 71
Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (19191922)
1919 Millikin 90
1920 Millikin 90
1921 Millikin 521
1922 Millikin 342
Millikin: 4795
Earlham Quakers (Independent) (19231924)
1923 Earlham 25
1924 Earlham 431
Earlham: 681
Ball Teachers Hoosieroons (Independent) (19261927)
1926 Ball Teachers 511
1927 Ball Teachers 521
Ball Teachers: 1032
City of Detroit Tartars () (19291931)
1929 City of Detroit 27
1930 City of Detroit 09
1931 City of Detroit 061
City of Detroit: 2151
Total: 744010

References

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame: Norman G. Wann". Wayne State University Athletics. Wayne State University. http://wsuathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=65&path=&kiosk=. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 

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