Edwin R. Taber
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Biographical details | |
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Born | 1863 Cass County, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | North Yakima, Washington, U.S.[1] | February 16, 1916
Alma mater | Wabash (1885) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1884 | Wabash |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–0 |
Edwin R. Taber (1863 – February 16, 1916) was an American college football coach. He was the first head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for one season, in 1884 season, and compiling a record of 1–0. [2][3]
Taber was a student-coach of the team. The one game he coached was played on October 25, 1884, against Butler University at the Indianapolis Baseball Park.[4] Wabash won the game 4–0[5] and completed the first intercollegiate football game in the history of the state of Indiana.[6]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wabash (Independent) (1884) | |||||||||
1884 | Wabash | 1–0 | |||||||
Wabash: | 1–0 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–0 |
References
- ^ Logansport Journal-Tribune, February 17, 1916, Logansport, Indiana,
- ^ Wabash College coaching records Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wabash College football all-time scores
- ^ Ancestry.com Edwin R. Taber
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine 1884 Wabash College vs Butler University football game
- ^ The Paper of Montgomery County "Reaching a milestone-Wabash to play in school’s 1,000th game", John Groth, November 2, 2006
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