Lewis Omer | |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1876 |
Birth Place: | Clayton, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Carthage, Illinois, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1902 |
Player Team2: | Illinois |
Coach Years1: | 1921–1935 |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1918 |
Coach Team2: | Camp Grant |
Coach Years3: | 1921–1935 |
Coach Team3: | Carthage |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1921–1927 |
Coach Team5: | Carthage |
Coach Sport6: | Track |
Coach Years7: | 1911–1917 |
Coach Team7: | Northwestern |
Admin Years1: | 1921–1936 |
Admin Team1: | Carthage |
Overall Record: | 54–55–18 (football) |
Lewis Omer (August 28, 1876 – January 3, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1] [2] [3]
Omer was born in 1876 in Clayton, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1902.[4]
After graduating from Illinois, Omer became a school teacher. He then coached track and worked in the athletic department at Northwestern University from 1911 to 1917.[4] He joined the United States Army in 1917, reached the rank of major, and was discharged in 1921.[4]
From 1921 to 1936, Omer was the athletic director at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois.[4] He was also the head coach for the Carthage Red Men football team for 15 seasons, from 1921 until 1935 compiling a record of 51–52–18.[5] [6] Omer later served as a mathematics professor at Carthage.[4]