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C. Sherman King
	King pictured in the Chicago Tribune, 1908
Biographical details
Born	September 14, 1865; Wabash, Indiana, U.S.
Died	July 18, 1908 (aged 42); Columbia City, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale (1889)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1889	Wabash
Head coaching record
Overall	1–1

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Charles Sherman King (September 14, 1865 – July 18, 1908) was an American college football coach. He served as the fourth head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, and he held that position for the 1889 season. His record at Wabash was 1–1.^[1] King was killed, along with wife and two daughters, on July 18, 1908, when a train stuck their automobile near Columbia City, Indiana.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Wabash (Independent) (1889)
1889	Wabash	1–1
Wabash:		1–1
Total:		1–1

References

^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Wabash College coaching records
^ "Killed, with His Family, in Auto Wreck". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. July 19, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

C. Sherman King at Find a Grave

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[1] College Football Data Warehouse Archived November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Wabash College coaching records

[2] "Killed, with His Family, in Auto Wreck". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. July 19, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .

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+'''Charles Sherman King''' (September 14, 1865 – July 18, 1908) was an American [[college football]] coach. He served as the fourth head football coach at [[Wabash College]] in [[Crawfordsville, Indiana]], and he held that position for the 1889 season. His record at Wabash was 1–1.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121010223/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php |date=November 21, 2010 }} Wabash College coaching records</ref> King was killed, along with wife and two daughters, on July 18, 1908, when a train stuck their automobile near [[Columbia City, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Killed, with His Family, in Auto Wreck |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23240149/chicago_tribune/ |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location=[[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |date=July 19, 1908 |page=8 |access-date=August 28, 2018 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
-'''C. Sherman King''' was the fourth head [[college football]] coach
-for the [[Wabash Little Giants|Wabash College Little Giants]] located in [[Crawfordsville, Indiana]] and he held that position for the [[1889]] season.  His career coaching record at Wabash was 1 wins, 1 losses, and 0 ties.  As of the conclusion of the 2008 season, this ranks him 26th at Wabash in total wins and 18th at Wabash in winning percentage (0.500).<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] Wabash College coaching records</ref>
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+{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
-! colspan="3" | ''1889 Season results''<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=5310&year=1889 College Football Data Warehouse] Wabash Little Giants season results 1889</ref>
+ | name      = [[Wabash Little Giants football|Wabash]]
-|-
+ | conf      = Independent
-! Opponent
+ | startyear = 1889
-! Result
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-|-
+{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
-| [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
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-| L
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-| 4-18
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-|-
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-| [[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]
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+{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
+ | name       = Wabash
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+}}
+{{CFB Yearly Record End
+ | overall  = 1–1
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+}}
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==External links==
+* {{Find a Grave|53973726}}
-* [http://www.wabash.edu/sports/ Wabash College athletics website]
 {{Wabash Little Giants football coach navbox}}
+{{1888 Yale Bulldogs football navbox}}
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-[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
+[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
-[[Category:Year of death missing]]
+[[Category:People from Wabash, Indiana]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from Indiana]]
+[[Category:Railway accident deaths in the United States]]
+[[Category:Road incident deaths in Indiana]]