- Norman G. Wann
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Norman G. Wann 
Wann pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track Biographical details Born July 8, 1882 Place of birth Silverwood, Indiana Died July 23, 1957 (aged 75) Place of death Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan Playing career Football
c. 1905Earlham Position(s) Lineman Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1908–1909
1915–1917
1919–1922
1923–1924
1925
1926–1927
1929–1931
Basketball
1908–1910
1915–1918
1919–1923
1923–1925
Baseball
1909–1910
1916–1918
1920–1921
1927
Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Earlham
Ball Teachers (assistant)
Ball Teachers
City of Detroit
Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Earlham
Ottawa (KS)
Millikin
Millikin
Ball TeachersHead coaching record Overall 74–40–10 (football)
128–79 (basketball)
43–39 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882 – July 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 (1908–1909), Millikin College (1915–1917, 1919–1922), Earlham College (1923–1924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—now Ball State University (1926–1927), and the College of the City of Detroit—now Wayne State University (1929–1931), compiling a career college football record of 74–40–10. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (1908–1910), Millikin (1915–1918, 1919–1923), and Earlham (1923–1925), amassing a carer college basketball record of 128–79. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (1909–1910), Millikin (1916–1918, 1920–1921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball mark of 43–39.
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) (1908–1909) 1908 Millikin 3–4 1909 Millikin 6–1–1 Millikin: 9–5–1 Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1915–1917) 1915 Millikin 5–2–1 1916 Millikin 8–0–1 1917 Millikin 7–1 Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1919–1922) 1919 Millikin 9–0 1920 Millikin 9–0 1921 Millikin 5–2–1 1922 Millikin 3–4–2 Millikin: 47–9–5 Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1923–1924) 1923 Earlham 2–5 1924 Earlham 4–3–1 Earlham: 6–8–1 Ball Teachers Hoosieroons (Independent) (1926–1927) 1926 Ball Teachers 5–1–1 1927 Ball Teachers 5–2–1 Ball Teachers: 10–3–2 City of Detroit Tartars () (1929–1931) 1929 City of Detroit 2–7 1930 City of Detroit 0–9 1931 City of Detroit 0–6–1 City of Detroit: 2–15–1 Total: 74–40–10 References
- ^ "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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Ottawa Braves head football coaches J. Nort Atkinson (1901–1902) • No team (1903) • Alpha Brummage (1904–1907) • Norman G. Wann (1908–1909) • Oscar Dahlene (1910) • Red Baughman (1911) • Floyd Daniel Hargiss (1912) • Porter Craig (1913–1914) • Arthur Schabinger (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Arthur Schabinger (1919) • Robert E. Brannan (1920–1922) • Edwin Elbel (1923–1927) • Archie W. Butcher (1928–1929) • John S. Davis (1930) • Charles Erickson (1931–1935) • Dick Godlove (1936–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Wally A. Forsberg (1946–1948) • Richard Peters (1949–1952) • Paul J. Andree (1953–1955) • Grover Nutt (1956) • Richard Peters (1957–1971) • Ben Moor (1972–1975) • Don McLeary (1976–1977) • John Salavantis (1978) • Nyle Salmans (1979–1983) • Glen Percy (1984–1988) • Dave Dallas (1989–1996) • Chris Creighton (1997–2000) • Ronnie Jones (2001) • Patrick Ross (2002–2003) • Kent Kessinger (2004– )
Millikin Big Blue head football coaches Duane Masterson & Charles A. Meserve (1903) • James N. Ashmore (1904–1906) • J. C. Elder (1907) • L. L. Hoopes (1908) • James N. Ashmore (1909–1913) • Neal Price (1914) • Norman G. Wann (1915–1917) • Robert E. Brannon (1918) • Norman G. Wann (1919–1922) • Rollie Williams (1923) • Leo T. Johnson (1924–1936) • Harold Johnson (1937–1939) • Marshall Wells (1940–1941) • C. E. Sutherd (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Marshall Wells (1946–1947) • Henry J. Keil (1948–1950) • Robert Appleby (1951–1952) • Jack Allen (1953–1955) • Don Shroyer (1956–1961) • Fred Will (1962–1963) • Mel Bishop (1964–1965) • Lester Mathieson (1966–1976) • Merle Chapman (1977–1981) • Carl Poelker (1982–1995) • Doug Neibuhr (1996–2010) • Patrick Etherton (2011– )
Earlham Quakers head football coaches No coach (1889) • No team (1890) • No coach (1891–1895) • Fred Allen (1896–1897) • No coach (1898–1899) • Cloyd Marshall (1900) • E. C. Robertson (1901) • No coach (1902) • John F. G. Miller (1903–1905) • Walter C. Wilson (1906) • Frederick C. Vail (1907–1908) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1909–1912) • Chester L. Reagan (1913) • Horace Whiteside (1914–1916) • Walter O. Lewis (1917) • No team (1918) • Ray B. Mowe (1919–1922) • Norman G. Wann (1923–1924) • Maurice O. Ross (1925–1936) • Owen Huntsman (1937–1948) • Donald Cumley (1949–1950) • Robert Meyne (1951–1956) • Curt Jones (1957–1958) • George Oberle (1959) • Paul Glod (1960) • Jerry Huntsman (1961–1964) • Bob Geiger (1965) • Rick Carter (1966–1971) • Kirk Mee (1972–1973) • Jim Fricke (1974–1975) • Roger Campbell (1976–1979) • Steve Beckholt (1980–1981) • Frank Carr & Fred Cromie (1982) • Ed Clemmer (1983–1984) • Frank Carr (1985–2001) • Gerry Keesling (2002) • Lawrence Livingston (2003) • Gerry Keesling (2004– )
Ball State Cardinals head football coaches Paul "Billy" Williams (1924–1925) • Norman G. Wann (1926–1927) • Paul B. Parker (1928–1929) • Lawrence McPhee (1930–1934) • John Magnabosco (1935–1942) • No team (1943) • John Magnabosco (1944–1952) • George Serdula (1953–1955) • Jim Freeman (1956–1961) • Ray Louthen (1962–1967) • Wave Myers (1968–1970) • Dave McClain (1971–1977) • Dwight Wallace (1978–1984) • Paul Schudel (1985–1994) • Bill Lynch (1995–2002) • Brady Hoke (2003–2008) • Stan Parrish (2008–2010) • Pete Lembo (2011– )
Ball State Cardinals head baseball coaches Orville E. Sink (1920–1921) • Paul "Billy" Williams (1922–1926) • Norman G. Wann (1927) • Paul "Billy" Williams (1928–1943) • No team (1944) • Paul "Billy" Williams (1945–1958) • Ray Louthen (1959–1970) • Bob Rickel (1971–1982) • Pat Quinn (1983–1995) • Rich Maloney (1996–2002) • Greg Beals (2003– ) • Alex Marconi (2011– )
Wayne State Tartars / Warriors head football coaches David L. Holmes (1918–1928) • Norman G. Wann (1929–1931) • Joe Gembis (1932–1945) • John P. Hackett (1946–1947) • Herbert L. Smith (1948) • Louis F. Zarza (1949–1954) • Herbert L. Smith (1955–1959) • Harold D. Willard (1960–1963) • Stanley Marshall (1964) • Vernon K. Gale (1965–1971) • Dave Hoover (1972–1973) • Dick Lowry (1974–1979) • Stephen Fickert (1980) • David C. Farris (1981–1986) • Joe B. Horn (1987–1991) • Brian VanGorder (1992–1994) • Dominic Livedoti (1995–1996) • Barry Fagan (1997–1999) • Steve Kazor (2000–2003) • Paul Winters (2004– )
Categories:- 1882 births
- 1957 deaths
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- People from Keweenaw County, Michigan
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1920s stubs
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