Burr Chamberlain | |
Birth Date: | 21 August 1877 |
Birth Place: | Dalton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bronxville, New York, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1896–1898 |
Player Team1: | Yale |
Player Positions: | Center, tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1899 |
Coach Team1: | Stanford |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | Virginia (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1903 |
Coach Team3: | Navy |
Coach Years4: | 1907 |
Coach Team4: | Yale (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1923–1925 |
Coach Team5: | Yale (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 6–12–3 |
Awards: | 2× Consensus All-American (1897, 1898) First-team All-American (1896) |
Burr Clark "B. C." Chamberlain (August 21, 1877 – November 11, 1933) was an American college football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University from 1896 to 1898 at the center and tackle positions. Three times he was an All-American. Chamberlain served as the head football for one season at Stanford University in 1899 and for a season at the United States Naval Academy in 1903 season, compiling a career head coaching record of 6–12–3. He also coached football at the United States Military Academy, the University of Virginia, and his alma mater, Yale.
Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1877, in Dalton, Massachusetts. He died of a heart attack, at his home in Bronxville, New York, on November 11, 1933.[1]