Byron Cogdell Rhome (January 11, 1906 – April 24, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and track coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Wesleyan College—now known as Texas Wesleyan University—in Fort Worth, Texas from 1935 to 1936, compiling a record of 11–8–2. Rhome was also the head basketball coach at Texas Wesleyan for two season, from 1935 to 1937, tallying a mark of 14–24.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 11, 1906 Kopperl, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 24, 1992 (aged 86) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1928 | Trinity (TX) |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1929 | Trinity (TX) |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1927 | Trinity (TX) |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1930 | Graham HS (TX) |
| 1931–1934 | Weatherford JC |
| 1935–1936 | Texas Wesleyan |
| 1937 | Sunset HS (TX) (assistant) |
| 1944 | Hondo AAF |
| ?–1963 | Sunset HS (TX) (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1937 | Texas Wesleyan |
| 1937–? | Sunset HS (TX) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1935–1937 | Texas Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–9–2 (college football) 14–24 (college basketball) |
Rhome attended Cleburne High School in Cleburne, Texas, where he played football for the Cleburne Yellow Jackets. He moved on to Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas, played football as an end for four seasons. He and also played basketball for four season and baseball for one. After graduating from Trinity in 1929, Rhome was appointed head football coach at Graham High School in Graham, Texas. In 1931, he was named football and track coach at Weatherford Junior College—now known as Weatherford College—in Weatherford, Texas.[1]
Rhome was hired in 1935 as the athletic director at Texas Wesleyan College—now known as Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas and was charged with coaching football, basketball, and track.[2] He led his Texas Wesleyan Rams football teams to records of 8–2–1 in 1935 and 3–6–1 in 1936. Rhome left Texas Wesleyan in 1937 to become head basketball coach at Sunset High School in Dallas. He was succeeded as Texas Wesleyan's head coach in football, basketball, and track by Gus Miller.[3] Rhome coached the 1944 Hondo Army Air Field Navigators football team to a record of 7–1.[4][5]
Rhome's son, Jerry Rhome, played football for him at Sunset and went on to play college football at the University of Tulsa and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).[6]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Wesleyan Rams (Independent) (1935–1936) | |||||||||
| 1935 | Texas Wesleyan | 8–2–1 | |||||||
| 1936 | Texas Wesleyan | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| Texas Wesleyan: | 11–8–2 | ||||||||
| Hondo Army Air Field Navigators (Independent) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Hondo AAF | 7–1 | |||||||
| Hondo AAF: | 7–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 18–9–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Rhome To Coach Weatherford Team". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. May 27, 1931. p. 23. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Menzing, Leroy (February 20, 1935). "Byron Rhome Named Athletic Director at T.W.C. and Major Program Planned". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 10. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ King, Dub (July 2, 1937). "Miller Appointed Rams' Head Coach". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Hondo Coach Searches For Football Pants For 265-Pound Tackle". The Austin American. Austin, Texas. Associated Press. September 29, 1944. p. 21. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Service Football In Texas Ends With Ramblers In First Place". The Big Spring Daily Herald. Big Spring, Texas. December 5, 1944. p. 6. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Hughs, Travis (August 6, 1964). "Jerry Rhome Wants Pro Career". Shreveport Journal. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 32. Retrieved August 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
