Clarence Childs

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Clarence Childs
Clarence Childs (yearbook photo).jpg
Childs from The Arbutus 1916
Biographical details
Born(1883-07-24)July 24, 1883
Wooster, Ohio
DiedSeptember 16, 1960(1960-09-16) (aged 77)
Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1910Yale
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1913Wooster
1914–1915Indiana
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1915Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall8–10–3
Clarence Childs
Clarence Childs.jpg
Personal information
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Hammer throw
ClubNYAC, New York
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)52.53 m (1912)[1]
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Hammer throw

Clarence Chester Childs (July 24, 1883 – September 16, 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw.[1][2] He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a record of 6–7–1.

Biography[]

He was born on July 24, 1883 in Wooster, Ohio.[1] He lived in Fremont, Ohio for much of his youth where he played football for the Fremont Football Club.[3][4] He became Captain of the Yale track team before he competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the hammer throw where he won the bronze medal.[5] Childs was the football coach at Indiana University and served in France during World War I. Childs was appointed by President Warren Harding to a position within the U.S. Treasury Department, but was fired when he attacked a United States Secret Service agent, who was following him on suspicion that Childs had illegally removed sensitive documents.[6] He died in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 1960.[1]

Head coaching record[]

Football[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Wooster Fightings Scots (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1913)
1913 Wooster 2–3–2 1–3–1 T–8yj
Wooster: 2–3–2 1–3–1
Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1914–1915)
1914 Indiana 3–4 1–4 8th
1915 Indiana 3–3–1 1–3 8th
Indiana: 6–7–1 2–7
Total: 8–10–3

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Clarence Childs". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2008-11-20. Track was but one of three sports at which Clarence Childs excelled. He was on the football, wrestling, and track teams at Yale and 1912 was the only year that he treated hammer throwing with any degree of seriousness. Prior to placing second at the Final Trials that year, his best performance had been a third place at the IC4A in 1911. In Stockholm he finished more than 20 feet behind the winner, Matt McGrath, but came close to beating Duncan Gillis of Canada for the silver medal. From 1914 to 1916, Childs was track and football coach at Indiana University and then saw service in France. Among other posts, he held that of athletic director at the Colombes Stadium in Paris. Leaving the army with the rank of major, he returned home and became an industrial engineer.
  2. ^ "Clarence Childs". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Rbhayes.org (2004-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-08-23.
  4. ^ Sandusky County, Ohio, has a long tradition of producing superb athletes. Perhaps one of its most fascinating was Clarence Childs. Born in Wooster, Ohio, in 1881, Clarence moved with his family to Fremont at age eleven. It was in Fremont that Clarence would not only discover his talents as an athlete but also as a musician.
  5. ^ "Gardner, Pole Vaulter and Golfer, Succeeds C.C. Childs, Resigned". The New York Times. January 23, 1912. Retrieved 2008-11-20. Robert A. Gardner, '12, of Chicago was to-day elected Captain of the Yale track team, to succeed Capt. Clarence C. Childs, who announced his resignation last Saturday. Gardner is a pole vaulter, and has been on the track team for two years. He is also leader of the Yale Glee Club and a former, Western golf champion.
  6. ^ Shlaes, Amity (2014) Coolidge. Harper Perennial. p. 239. ISBN 0061967599.

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