Appleton A. Mason

Appleton A. Mason
	Mason pictured in Jambalaya 1911, Tulane yearbook
Biographical details
Born	June 11, 1880; Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	December 20, 1938 (aged 58); New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1905	Springfield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909	Warrensburg Teachers
1910–1912	Tulane
1918	NYU
Basketball
1908–1910	Warrensburg Teachers
1912–1913	Tulane
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1908–1909	Warrensburg Teachers
1910–1913	Tulane
Head coaching record
Overall	15–23–4 (football); 23–13 (basketball)

Appleton Adams Mason (June 11, 1880 – December 20, 1938)^[1] was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and physical education instructor. He served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri—from 1908 to 1909, Tulane University from 1910 to 1912, and New York University (NYU) in 1918, compiling a career college football coaching record of 15–23–4. Mason was also the head basketball coach Warrensburg Teachers from 1908 to 1910 and at Tulane for the 1912–13 season, tallying a career college basketball mark of 23–13. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, and died on December 20, 1938, in the New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, New York.^[2]

Mason attended Springfield College, where he was a captain of the football team and competed on the track and field team.^[3]

Camp Agawam

Mason was the founder of Camp Agawam in Raymond, Maine. He founded the camp in 1919. Mason went to Crescent Lake in Raymond every summer. Following his death in 1938, he was succeeded as camp director in 1939 by his son, Appleton Mason, Jr.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Warrensburg Teachers () (1908–1909)
1908	Warrensburg Teachers	2–3–1
1909	Warrensburg Teachers	3–3–2
Warrensburg Teachers:		5–6–3
Tulane Olive and Blue (Independent) (1910–present)
1910	Tulane	0–7
Tulane Olive and Blue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911–1912)
1911	Tulane	5–3–1	3–3	T–8th
1912	Tulane	5–3	3–3	T–8th
Tulane:		10–13–1	6–6
NYU Violets (Independent) (1918)
1918	NYU	0–4
NYU:		0–4
Total:		15–23–4

References

^ New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
^ "Appleton A. Mason; Physical Education Instructor at Columbia University" (PDF). The New York Times. December 22, 1938. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
^ "APPLETON MASON, LARCHMONT, DIES". Newspapers.com. December 21, 1938. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
^ Deborah Sayer (March 4, 2010). "Turning Boys Into Men". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.

[1] New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

[2] "Appleton A. Mason; Physical Education Instructor at Columbia University" (PDF). The New York Times. December 22, 1938. Retrieved November 4, 2011.

[3] "APPLETON MASON, LARCHMONT, DIES". Newspapers.com. December 21, 1938. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[4] Deborah Sayer (March 4, 2010). "Turning Boys Into Men". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.

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