David C. MacAndrew
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | May 30, 1874
Died | August 15, 1937 Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 63)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1894–1897 | Dartmouth |
1898 | Newton Athletic Association |
Baseball | |
1895–1898 | Dartmouth |
Position(s) | End (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1898 | Bowdoin |
1898–1899 | Western Reserve |
1915–1916 | Saint Mary's |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–18–1 |
David Carr MacAndrew (May 30, 1874 – August 15, 1937) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College in 1898, Western Reserve University—now known as Case Western Reserve University—from 1898 to 1899, and Saint Mary's College of California from 1915 to 1916, compiling a career college football coaching record of 19–18–1.
Early life and playing career
[edit]MacAndrew was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved to Braintree, Massachusetts, when he was a year old.[1] MacAndrew attended the Thayer Academy in Braintree. For his undergraduate career, he attended Dartmouth College, graduating in 1898. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
As a collegiate athlete, he played football at Dartmouth as an end. MacAndrew was a four-year letter winner, playing from 1894 to 1897. MacAndrew was a member of the Dartmouth baseball team. He also played for the Newton Athletic Association against Yale in 1898.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/1898_Western_Reserve_football_team.jpg/220px-1898_Western_Reserve_football_team.jpg)
MacAndrew began his coaching career in 1898 for Bowdoin, coaching one game before departing prior to game against Harvard.[3] During the same season, he moved to Cleveland to coach Western Reserve, where he remained for two seasons.
MacAndrew coached for several years at high schools in Toledo, Ohio, and in Alameda, Oakland, and Berkeley in California.[4] In 1915, he returned to college football, coaching at Saint Mary's College of California for two seasons.[5]
Later life and death
[edit]MacAndrew later worked as a safety engineer for the Cities Service Refining Company in East Braintree, Massachusetts.[6] He died on August 15, 1937, at his home in Braintree.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Bowdoin (Independent) (1898) | |||||||||
1898 | Bowdoin | 1–0 | |||||||
Western Reserve (Independent) (1898–1899) | |||||||||
1898 | Western Reserve | 5–3 | |||||||
1899 | Western Reserve | 5–4 | |||||||
Western Reserve: | 10–7 | ||||||||
Saint Mary's (Independent) (1915–1916) | |||||||||
1915 | Saint Mary's | 3–7 | |||||||
1916 | Saint Mary's | 5–4–1 | |||||||
Saint Mary's: | 8–11–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 19–18–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900". Dartmouth College. 1900 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chi, Theta Delta (July 7, 1898). "The Shield". Theta Delta Chi – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bowdoin Alumni Magazine". Bowdoin College. July 7, 1939 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 15, 1918, Page 10, Image 10 « Historic Oregon Newspapers". oregonnews.uoregon.edu.
- ^ "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1915–1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "Funeral In Braintree For Former Grid Star". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. August 19, 1937. p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "D. C. MacAndrew Dies In Braintree". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. August 16, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved July 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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[edit]- 1874 births
- 1937 deaths
- 19th-century players of American football
- American football ends
- Bowdoin Polar Bears football coaches
- Case Western Spartans football coaches
- Dartmouth Big Green baseball players
- Dartmouth Big Green football players
- Saint Mary's Gaels football coaches
- High school football coaches in California
- High school football coaches in Ohio
- Sportspeople from Braintree, Massachusetts
- Players of American football from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Players of American football from Brooklyn
- Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
- Baseball players from Norfolk County, Massachusetts