Arthur H. Whittemore | |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1878 |
Birth Place: | Alna, Maine, U.S. |
Death Place: | Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1897 |
Player Team2: | Brown |
Player Years3: | 1898 |
Player Team3: | Colorado |
Player Years4: | 1899–1900 |
Player Team4: | Brown |
Player Sport5: | Baseball |
Player Years6: | 1900–1901 |
Player Team6: | Malone (NY) |
Player Positions: | Guard (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | Middlebury |
Coach Years3: | 1902–1909 |
Coach Team3: | South Dakota |
Coach Years4: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team4: | South Dakota |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1908–1910 |
Coach Team6: | South Dakota |
Overall Record: | 43–23–7 (football) 15–4 (basketball) |
Arthur Henry "Buck" Whittemore (March 12, 1878 – August 24, 1938)was a minor league baseball player[1] and American football and basketball player and coach. After playing college football at Brown University (1897, 1899–1900)[2] and the University of Colorado (1898),[3] he served as the head football coach at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont in 1901.[4]
He then served as the head football coach at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota from 1902 to 1909 and 1920 to 1921.[5]