Cecil A. Cushman | |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1890 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Redlands, California, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Pittsburg State (1914) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1912 |
Player Team2: | Texas A&M |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920 |
Coach Team2: | East Texas State |
Coach Years3: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team3: | Simpson (IA) |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team4: | Redlands |
Coach Years5: | 1933–1952 |
Coach Team5: | Redlands |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team7: | East Texas State |
Coach Years8: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team8: | Simpson (IA) |
Coach Years9: | 1923–1926 |
Coach Team9: | Redlands |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team11: | Simpson (IA) |
Overall Record: | 90–99–15 (football) 39–46 (basketball) 5–11 (baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
Championships: | Football 6 SCIAC (1933, 1940, 1945–1947, 1950) |
Cecil Alonzo Cushman (December 15, 1890 – November 3, 1959) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at East Texas State Normal School—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce—in 1920, Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa from 1921 to 1922, and the University of Redlands in Redlands, California from 1923 to 1925 and against from 1933 to 1952, compiling career college football coaching record of 90–99–15.[1] [2] Cushman was the head basketball coach at East Texas State in 1920–21, Simpson from 1921 to 1923, and Redlands from 1923 to 1926, amassing a career college basketball mark of 39–46. He was recognized as the inventor of the "kicking toe," a special shoe designed to aid "straight-toe" style placekickers in football.[3] Cushman played attended Texas A&M University and was a member of the 1912 Texas A&M Aggies football team.[4]