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Henry Wadsworth "Eskie" Clark ( April 11, 1899 – March 23, 1976) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut for one season, in 1925, compiling a record of 1–5.[1] Clark was the athletic director at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1944.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1899 Wrangell, Alaska, U.S. |
| Died | March 23, 1976 (aged 76) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1918 | Stanford |
| 1921–1922 | Harvard |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923 | Harvard (line) |
| 1925 | Trinity (CT) |
| 1932 | US Olympic Team (advisory coach) |
| Ice Hockey | |
| 1936–1941 | Lafayette |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1928–1935 | Harvard (assistant AD) |
| 1935–1944 | Lafayette |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–5 |
Clark was born in Wrangell, Alaska. After attending Phillips Exeter Academy, he played football as a center and was a shot putter on the track and field team at Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1923. Clark died on March 23, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland.[3]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Bantams (Independent) (1925) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Trinity | 1–5 | |||||||
| Trinity: | 1–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–5 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Eskie Clark Farewell Banquet". thecrimson.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ "H. W. Clark, Harvard official". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. March 26, 1976. p. 41. Retrieved August 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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