Dwight Ream | |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1892 |
Birth Place: | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team2: | Washburn |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team4: | Washburn |
Admin Years1: | 1921–1922 |
Admin Team1: | Washburn |
Overall Record: | 7–7–4 (football) 8–9 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 KCAC (1920) |
Dwight Thoburn Ream (March 23, 1892 – November 20, 1954) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 16th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for two seasons, from 1920 to 1921, and compiling a record of 8–7–4.[1] [2] In the 1920 game against Kansas Normal under coach Homer Woodson Hargiss, Kansas Normal fullback Jack Reeves sustained a neck injury that resulted in his death.[3] Ream was also the head basketball coach at Washburn in 1921–22, tallying a mark of 8–9.
Ream died after a long illness (heart ailment) in 1954.[4] [5]