John Corbett (coach) explained

John Corbett
Birth Date:14 November 1869
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1890–1893
Player Team2:Harvard
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1898
Coach Team2:Holy Cross (interim HC)
Coach Years3:1915–1923
Coach Team3:Wyoming
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1910–1911
Coach Team5:Ohio
Coach Years6:1915–1924
Coach Team6:Wyoming
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1909
Coach Team8:Ohio
Coach Years9:1912
Coach Team9:Indiana
Overall Record:16–44–3 (football)
40–45 (basketball)
12–12 (baseball)
Awards:

John Corbett (November 14, 1869 – February 20, 1947) was an American football player and coach of multiple sports. He played football for Harvard University from 1890 to 1893 and was selected as one of the two halfbacks on the 1890 College Football All-America Team. He graduated from Harvard in 1894 and earned a master's degree from Ohio University in 1910. Corbett went on to coach football in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.[1] In 1914, he moved to Wyoming where he coached all of the athletic teams, including football, basketball, baseball, and track and field, for the University of Wyoming from 1914 to 1924. He remained the university's director of physical education until his retirement in September 1939.[2] [3] He became known as Wyoming's "Grand Old Man of Athletics."[4] [5] In October 1931, the University of Wyoming's athletic field was named Corbett Field in his honor.[6] [7] Corbett died on February 21, 1947, of an apparent heart attack at his home in Laramie, Wyoming; he was 77 years old.[8] [9]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Dean Snyder. Claims Cowboys Are Good Grid Men: University of Wyoming Football Coach Likes Spirit of His Team. Appleton Post-Crescent. October 19, 1920.
  2. News: Former Wyoming Grid Coach Dies. Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH). February 22, 1947.
  3. News: Wyoming Athletic Head Will Retire. San Antonio Light. July 2, 1939.
  4. News: Corbett, 77, Dead. Ogden Standard-Examiner. February 22, 1947.
  5. News: 1891 All-American Gridder Found Dead. Marion Star (Associated Press). February 22, 1947.
  6. News: Utah Ags Spoil Wyoming Festival, 12-0. Billings Gazette. October 25, 1931.
  7. News: Wyoming Names Athletic Field. Greeley Daily Tribune. September 26, 1931.
  8. News: Old Ohio Grid Star Is Dead. Evening Independent (Masillon, Ohio). February 22, 1947.
  9. News: John Corbett; Ex-Coach at Wyoming U. Was on Camp's All-American in '91 . . . February 22, 1947 . March 1, 2013.