Boyd Chambers Explained

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.

Tower Play controversy

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]

Head coaching record

Basketball

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Phi Gamma Delta. 1956.
  2. Woody Woodrum, "Marshall-WVU Series Has Great, Short History" (Herd Insider Magazine) Posted June 10, 2006, accessed January 27, 2007