T. Nelson Metcalf
| File:Pete Fisher, Ted Withington, Tom Thorpe, Tilfer, Nelson Metcalf, Harry Fisher, Stimson (LOC).jpg
Pete Fisher, Ted Withington, Tom Thorpe, Tilfer, Metcalf, Harry A. Fisher, Stimson at Columbia University in 1916
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 21, 1890 Elyria, Ohio |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Santa Barbara, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Oberlin |
| Position(s) | End, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Oberlin (assistant) |
| 1913 | Oberlin |
| 1915–1917 | Columbia |
| 1919–1921 | Columbia |
| 1922–1923 | Minnesota (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1924–1933 | Iowa State |
| 1933–1956 | Chicago |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 33–13–4 |
| Statistics | |
Thomas Nelson "Nellie" Metcalf (September 21, 1890 – January 17, 1982) was an American football and basketball player, track athlete, coach of football and track, professor of physical education, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Columbia University (1915–1917) as well as his alma mater, Oberlin College (1913, 1919–1921), compiling a career college football record of 33–13–4. From 1924 to 1933, Metcalf taught at Iowa State University in the physical education department and served as the school's athletic director. He then moved on to the University of Chicago, where he was the athletic director from 1933 to 1956. At Chicago, he replaced Amos Alonzo Stagg, who was forced into retirement at the age of 70 after 40 years of service as the school's athletic director and head football coach.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Oberlin Yeomen (Independent) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Oberlin | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| Columbia Lions (Independent) (1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Columbia | 5–0 | |||||||
| 1916 | Columbia | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | Columbia | 2–4 | |||||||
| Columbia: | 8–9–2 | ||||||||
| Oberlin Yeomen (Independent) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Oberlin | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1920 | Oberlin | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1921 | Oberlin | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| Oberlin: | 25–4–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 33–13–4 | ||||||||
References
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