Dwight Ream Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sigma . 1921 . 37 . April 14, 2015.
  2. http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf?id=69 Washburn University
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VbkkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tQ8GAAAAIBAJ&pg=919,474438&dq=southwestern+football+kansas&hl=en The Woodville Republican
  4. Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1954, Hutchinson, Kansas
  5. Bakersfield Californian,, November 22, 1954, Bakersfield, California