Marchmont Schwartz Explained

Marchmont Schwartz
Birth Date:20 March 1909
Birth Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Danville, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1929–1931
Player Team1:Notre Dame
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Years1:1932–1933
Coach Team1:Notre Dame (assistant)
Coach Years2:1934
Coach Team2:Chicago (assistant)
Coach Years3:1935–1939
Coach Team3:Creighton
Coach Years4:1940–1941
Coach Team4:Stanford (backfield)
Coach Years5:1942–1950
Coach Team5:Stanford
Admin Years1:1935–1939
Admin Team1:Creighton
Overall Record:47–50–6
Bowl Record:1–0
Championships:As coach:

As player:

Awards:
Cfbhof Year:1974
Cfbhof Id:1512

Marchmont H. "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 – April 18, 1991) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47–50–6; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.

Early life and playing career

Schwartz was of Jewish heritage,[1] and was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College high school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 19–0 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.

Coaching career

Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy.[2] In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.[3]

Death

Schwartz died on April 18, 1991, in Danville, California, to which he had retired, at age 82.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football. 9781616081102. Cavanaugh. Jack. 10 September 2010.
  2. http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19340119.2.123&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid
  3. NEA Staff, Stanford Alumni Change Tune, The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
  4. News: Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82 . . . April 20, 1991 . April 3, 2011.
  5. https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-man-who-ran-after-gipp/