Boyd Chambers | |
Birth Date: | 10 November 1884 |
Birth Place: | Chambersburg, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Denison University (1906)[1] |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1909–1916 |
Coach Team2: | Marshall |
Coach Years3: | 1917 |
Coach Team3: | Bethany (WV) |
Coach Years4: | 1918–1921 |
Coach Team4: | Cincinnati |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1908–1909 |
Coach Team6: | Marshall |
Coach Years7: | 1918–1928 |
Coach Team7: | Cincinnati |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1910–1917 |
Coach Team9: | Marshall |
Coach Years10: | 1919–1928 |
Coach Team10: | Cincinnati |
Coach Years11: | 1932 |
Coach Team11: | Miami (OH) |
Admin Years1: | 1909–1917 |
Admin Team1: | Marshall |
Admin Years2: | 1917–1918 |
Admin Team2: | Bethany (WV) |
Admin Years3: | 1918–1927 |
Admin Team3: | Cincinnati |
Overall Record: | 50–44–7 (football) 122–97 (basketball) 163–104–4 (baseball) |
Boyd Blaine "Fox" Chambers (November 10, 1884 – April 26, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University from 1909 to 1916, at Bethany College in West Virginia in 1917, and at the University of Cincinnati from 1918 to 1921, compiling a career college football record of 50–44–7. Chambers was also the head basketball coach at Marshall during the 1908–09 season and at Cincinnati from 1918 to 1928, tallying a career college basketball mark of 122–97. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Marshall (1910–1917), Cincinnati (1919–1928), and Miami University (1932), amassing a career college baseball record of 163–104–4.
In 1915 Chambers was involved in a controversy with what would become known as a "Tower Play" during a game between West Virginia Mountaineers and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The Mountaineers were heavily favored and their head coach, Sol Metzger, told the media he would "eat his hat if Marshall scores." Chambers developed a special play to prevent the shutout. On the Thundering Herd fourth possession Marshall moved the ball down to the 15-yard line. Marshall back Dayton Carter came into the game. Marshall quarterback Brad Workman, took the snap and set up to pass. Marshall's tackle, Okey Taylor, and Carter ran toward the end zone. Carter was hoisted onto Taylor shoulders as Workman rifled a high pass in their direction. Carter caught the ball and fell into the end zone for a score. Metzger argued with the officials, but the referee and umpire could find no rule to discount the score. The Mountaineers won the game by a final score of 92–6.[2]