Charlie Maher | |
Birth Date: | 7 February 1902 |
Birth Place: | Mendon, Michigan, U.S. |
Death Place: | Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1922–1925 |
Player Team1: | Western Michigan |
Player Years2: | 1926 |
Player Team2: | Kalamazoo Celery Pickers |
Player Positions: | Catcher |
Coach Years1: | 1937–1943 1946–1967 |
Coach Team1: | Western Michigan |
Overall Record: | 437–197–7 |
Tournament Record: | NCAA: 35–25 |
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Charles H. Maher (February 7, 1902 – January 1, 1971) was a former American baseball coach and catcher. He played college baseball for Western Michigan for coach Judson Hyames from 1922 to 1925 before playing professionally in 1926. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Western Michigan Broncos from 1937 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1967, leading the Broncos to six College World Series appearances including a second-place finish in the 1955 College World Series. In 1989, he was inducted into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame.[1]