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{{Short description|American sports coach (1876–1954)}} |
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| name = Lewis Omer |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|8|26}} |
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| birth_place = [[Clayton, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| sport = [[American football|Football]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|1|3|1876|8|26}} |
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| death_place = [[Carthage, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| player_sport1 = Football |
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| player_years2 = 1902 |
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| player_team2 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] |
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| coach_years1 = 1921–1935 |
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| coach_sport1 = Football |
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| coach_years2 = 1918 |
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| coach_team2 = [[Camp Grant Warriors football|Camp Grant]] |
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| coach_years3 = 1921–1935 |
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| coach_team3 = [[Carthage Red Men football|Carthage]] |
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| coach_sport4 = Basketball |
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| coach_years5 = 1921–1927 |
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| coach_team5 = [[Carthage Red Men basketball|Carthage]] |
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| coach_sport6 = Track |
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| coach_years = 1921–1935 |
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| coach_years7 = 1911–1917 |
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| coach_teams = [[Carthage Red Men football|Carthage]] |
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| coach_team7 = [[Northwestern Wildcats|Northwestern]] |
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| admin_years1 = 1921–1936 |
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| admin_team1 = [[Carthage Red Men and Lady Reds|Carthage]] |
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| overall_record = 50–52–18 ({{Winning percentage|50|52|18}}) |
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| overall_record = 54–55–18 (football) |
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'''Lewis Omer''' (August 28, 1876 – January 3, 1954) was an [[American football]], [[basketball]], and [[track and field|track]] coach.<ref name="google">{{cite journal|title=Illinois Historical Journal|author=Illinois State Historical Society|journal=Illinois State Historical Society Membership|date=1988|volume=81|publisher=Illinois State Historical Society|issn=0748-8149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3J5AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois at Urbana|author=University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)|date=1906|publisher=University of Illinois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSEMAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="google3">{{cite journal|title=Illinois Historical Journal|author=Illinois State Historical Society|journal=Illinois State Historical Society Membership|date=1988|publisher=Illinois State Historical Society|issn=0748-8149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DAUAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref> |
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'''Lewis Omer''' was an [[American football]] coach in the [[United States]]. |
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Omer was born in 1876 in [[Clayton, Illinois]]. He attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]], graduating in 1902.<ref name=CTobit>{{cite news|title=Lewis Omer, N.U., Carthage Figure, Is Dead|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 4, 1954|page=4-2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15644086/lewis_omer_nu_carthage_figure_is/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> |
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==Coaching career== |
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Omer was the head [[college football]] coach for the [[Carthage College|Carthage]] [[Carthage Red Men football|Red Men]] located in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]. He held that position for 15 seasons, from 1921 until 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/2013/7/24/Football_0724130009.aspx?path=football|publisher=[[Carthage Red Men]]|title=All-time football records|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref> His coaching record at Carthage was 50 wins, 52 losses and 18 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2012 season, this ranks him #3 at Carthage in total wins and #10 at the school in winning percentage ({{Winning percentage|50|52|18}}).<ref>{{Cite web |
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|accessdate=August 23, 2013}}</ref> |
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After graduating from Illinois, Omer became a school teacher. He then coached track and worked in the athletic department at [[Northwestern University]] from 1911 to 1917.<ref name=CTobit/> He joined the [[United States Army]] in 1917, reached the rank of major, and was discharged in 1921.<ref name=CTobit/> |
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== References == |
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From 1921 to 1936, Omer was the athletic director at [[Carthage College]] in [[Carthage, Illinois]].<ref name=CTobit/> He was also the head coach for the [[Carthage Red Men football]] team for 15 seasons, from 1921 until 1935 compiling a record of 51–52–18.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/2013/7/24/Football_0724130009.aspx?path=football|publisher=[[Carthage Red Men]]|title=All-time football records|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |
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|accessdate=August 23, 2013 |
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}}</ref> Omer later served as a mathematics professor at Carthage.<ref name=CTobit/> |
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==Head coaching record== |
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===Football=== |
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| NAME = Omer, Lewis |
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Coach Omer |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = [[American football]] coach |
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| name = [[Camp Grant Warriors football|Camp Grant]] |
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| conf = Independent |
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| startyear = 1918 |
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| year = [[1918 college football season|1918]] |
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| name = [[1918 Camp Grant football team|Camp Grant]] |
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| overall = 3–3 |
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| name = Camp Grant |
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| overall = 3–3 |
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| name = [[Carthage Red Men football|Carthage Red Men]] |
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| conf = [[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] |
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| startyear = 1921 |
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| endyear = 1935 |
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| year = [[1921 college football season|1921]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 6–2 |
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| conference = 4–2 |
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| year = [[1922 college football season|1922]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 5–4 |
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| conference = 2–2 |
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| confstanding = T–8th |
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| year = [[1923 college football season|1923]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–3–1 |
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| conference = 2–3–1 |
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| confstanding = T–13th |
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| year = [[1924 college football season|1924]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 3–4–1 |
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| conference = 2–3–1 |
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| confstanding = T–14th |
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| year = [[1925 college football season|1925]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–4–1 |
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| conference = 3–2–1 |
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| confstanding = T–7th |
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| year = [[1926 college football season|1926]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 3–3–2 |
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| conference = 2–3–1 |
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| confstanding = T–13th |
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| year = [[1927 college football season|1927]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 2–3–2 |
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| conference = 1–2–2 |
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| confstanding = T–16th |
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| year = [[1928 college football season|1928]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 2–3–2 |
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| confstanding = T–13th |
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| year = [[1929 college football season|1929]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–3–1 |
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| confstanding = T–12th |
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| year = [[1930 college football season|1930]] |
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| overall = 3–4–1 |
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| year = [[1931 college football season|1931]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–4–1 |
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| conference = 3–3–1 |
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| confstanding = T–9th |
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| year = [[1932 college football season|1932]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 1–4–4 |
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| conference = 0–4–3 |
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| confstanding = T–18th |
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| championship = |
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| year = [[1933 college football season|1933]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–1–2 |
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| conference = 3–1–1 |
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| confstanding = 8th |
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| year = [[1934 college football season|1934]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 2–6 |
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| conference = 1–4 |
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| confstanding = T–13th |
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| championship = |
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| year = [[1935 college football season|1935]] |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 4–4 |
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| conference = 2–3 |
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| confstanding = 12th |
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| name = Carthage |
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| overall = 51–52–18 |
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| confrecord = 32–39–13 |
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| overall = 54–55–18 |
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| bowls = no |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Omer, Lewis}} |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Carthage Red Men football coaches]] |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{Find a Grave|148549613}} |
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[[Category:1876 births]] |
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[[Category:1954 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Basketball coaches from Illinois]] |
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[[Category:Camp Grant Warriors football coaches]] |
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[[Category:Carthage Firebirds athletic directors]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:04, 4 August 2024
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | August 26, 1876 Clayton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1954 (aged 77) Carthage, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1902 | Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1918 | Camp Grant |
| 1921–1935 | Carthage |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1927 | Carthage |
| Track | |
| 1911–1917 | Northwestern |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1921–1936 | Carthage |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 54–55–18 (football) |
Lewis Omer (August 28, 1876 – January 3, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1][2][3]
Omer was born in 1876 in Clayton, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1902.[4]
After graduating from Illinois, Omer became a school teacher. He then coached track and worked in the athletic department at Northwestern University from 1911 to 1917.[4] He joined the United States Army in 1917, reached the rank of major, and was discharged in 1921.[4]
From 1921 to 1936, Omer was the athletic director at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois.[4] He was also the head coach for the Carthage Red Men football team for 15 seasons, from 1921 until 1935 compiling a record of 51–52–18.[5][6] Omer later served as a mathematics professor at Carthage.[4]
Head coaching record
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| Camp Grant (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Camp Grant | 3–3 | |||||||
| Camp Grant: | 3–3 | ||||||||
| Carthage Red Men (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921–1935) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Carthage | 6–2 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 1922 | Carthage | 5–4 | 2–2 | T–8th | |||||
| 1923 | Carthage | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | T–13th | |||||
| 1924 | Carthage | 3–4–1 | 2–3–1 | T–14th | |||||
| 1925 | Carthage | 4–4–1 | 3–2–1 | T–7th | |||||
| 1926 | Carthage | 3–3–2 | 2–3–1 | T–13th | |||||
| 1927 | Carthage | 2–3–2 | 1–2–2 | T–16th | |||||
| 1928 | Carthage | 2–3–2 | 2–2–1 | T–13th | |||||
| 1929 | Carthage | 4–3–1 | 2–2–1 | T–12th | |||||
| 1930 | Carthage | 3–4–1 | 3–3 | T–12th | |||||
| 1931 | Carthage | 4–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–9th | |||||
| 1932 | Carthage | 1–4–4 | 0–4–3 | T–18th | |||||
| 1933 | Carthage | 4–1–2 | 3–1–1 | 8th | |||||
| 1934 | Carthage | 2–6 | 1–4 | T–13th | |||||
| 1935 | Carthage | 4–4 | 2–3 | 12th | |||||
| Carthage: | 51–52–18 | 32–39–13 | |||||||
| Total: | 54–55–18 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Illinois State Historical Society (1988). "Illinois Historical Journal". Illinois State Historical Society Membership. 81. Illinois State Historical Society. ISSN 0748-8149. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) (1906). The Alumni Record of the University of Illinois at Urbana. University of Illinois. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Illinois State Historical Society (1988). "Illinois Historical Journal". Illinois State Historical Society Membership. Illinois State Historical Society. ISSN 0748-8149. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Lewis Omer, N.U., Carthage Figure, Is Dead". Chicago Tribune. January 4, 1954. p. 4-2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-time football records". Carthage Red Men. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Carthage Redmen". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1876 births
- 1954 deaths
- Basketball coaches from Illinois
- Camp Grant Warriors football coaches
- Carthage College faculty
- Carthage Firebirds athletic directors
- Carthage Firebirds men's basketball coaches
- Carthage Firebirds football coaches
- Coaches of American football from Illinois
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Military personnel from Illinois
- Northwestern Wildcats track and field coaches
- People from Adams County, Illinois
- Players of American football from Illinois
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- United States Army officers