Charlie Caldwell Explained

Charlie Caldwell
Birth Date:2 August 1901
Birth Place:Bristol, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1922–1924
Player Team2:Princeton
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1925
Player Team4:New York Yankees
Player Positions:Back, center (football)
Guard (basketball)
Pitcher, outfielder (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1925–1927
Coach Team2:Princeton (assistant)
Coach Years3:1928–1944
Coach Team3:Williams
Coach Years4:1945–1956
Coach Team4:Princeton
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1929–1939
Coach Team6:Williams
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1931–1944
Coach Team8:Williams
Coach Years9:1945–1946
Coach Team9:Princeton
Overall Record:146–67–9 (football)
78–66 (basketball)
118–96 (baseball)
Championships:
Awards:AFCA Coach of the Year (1950)
Cfbhof Year:1961
Cfbhof Id:1812

Charles William Caldwell (August 2, 1901 – November 1, 1957) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Williams College for 15 seasons between 1928 and 1944 and at Princeton University from 1945 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 146–67–9. Caldwell was also the head basketball coach at Williams for ten seasons (1929–1939), tallying a mark of 78–66, and the head baseball coach at Williams (1931–1944) and Princeton (1945–1946), achieving a career college baseball record of 118–96. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1961.

Early life and playing career

Caldwell was born in Bristol, Virginia on August 2, 1901. He attended Princeton University, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He played in the Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the New York Yankees in . In three career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 16.88 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.[1]

Coaching career

Caldwell coached three sports at Williams College. His record there was 76–37–6 in football, 78–66 in basketball, and 100–74 in baseball.[2] Caldwell died in Princeton, New Jersey on November 1, 1957.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/princeton_university_baseball_players.shtml Princeton University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues
  2. News: Coach of Fifteen Teams . . November 28, 1944 . October 12, 2010.