Madison G. Gonterman | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1871 |
Birth Place: | Princeton, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1893–1895 |
Player Team1: | Harvard |
Player Positions: | Halfback[1] |
Coach Years1: | 1896–1897 |
Coach Team1: | Indiana |
Coach Years2: | 1899 |
Coach Team2: | Knox (IL) |
Admin Years1: | 1897–1898 |
Admin Team1: | Indiana |
Overall Record: | 15–8–2 |
Madison Gillham Gonterman (February 8, 1871 – September 30, 1941) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1896 to 1897 and at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1899, compiling a career college football coaching record of 15–8–2.[2] Replacing Edgar Syrett, Gonterman was also Indiana University's second athletic director from 1897 to 1898. He was succeeded by James H. Horne in 1898.[3] Gonterman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899.[2] He later acted as counsel in Massachusetts for the United States Railroad Administration.[4]