Chauncey Simpson Explained

Chauncey Simpson
Birth Date:21 December 1910
Birth Place:Bosworth, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:Green Valley, Arizona, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1924
Player Team2:Missouri
Player Years3:1926–1927
Player Team3:Kirksville
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Team5:Kirksville
Player Sport6:Track and field
Player Team7:Missouri
Player Team8:Kirksville
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1928–1933
Coach Team2:Kirksville (assistant)
Coach Years3:1934–1942
Coach Team3:Missouri (assistant)
Coach Years4:1943–1945
Coach Team4:Missouri
Coach Years5:1946–1954
Coach Team5:Missouri (assistant)
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1934–1935
Coach Team7:Kirksville
Coach Sport8:Track and field
Coach Years9:1935–1946
Coach Team9:Missouri
Overall Record:12–14–2 (football)
6–6 (basketball)
Bowl Record:0–1
Championships:Football
1 Big Six (1945)

Chauncey Simpson (December 21, 1901 – April 20, 1970) was an American college football, college basketball, and track and field coach. He was the interim head football coach at University of Missouri from 1943 to 1945 while Don Faurot, the standing head coach, served in the Navy during World War II. He compiled a 12–14–2 record including a 40–27 loss to Texas in the 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic. During that time, he also served as the school's track coach. He himself, was a football player at Missouri. With Faurot's return in 1946 Simpson reverted to his pre-war position as an assistant football coach. He was also the institution's long-time golf coach before retiring in the 1960s.[1]

Simpson died of a heart attack, on April 20, 1970, at his home in Green Valley, Arizona.[2] He was the younger brother of hurdler and track coach Robert Simpson.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Missouri Year by Year Results . February 3, 2010 . November 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112093401/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/yby-results.pdf . dead .
  2. News: . Chauncey Simpson Dies . . . . April 22, 1970 . 1B . July 20, 2023 . .
  3. News: Iowa State Track Team Meets U.M. . April 30, 1937 . November 4, 2014 . Carroll Daily Herald.