E. Walter Sikes
![]() Sikes pictured in Howler 1903, Wake Forest yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Union County, North Carolina | May 19, 1868
Died | January 8, 1941 Clemson, South Carolina | (aged 72)
Playing career | |
1889–1892 | Wake Forest |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1891–1893 | Wake Forest |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–2–1 |
Enoch Walter Sikes (May 19, 1868 – January 8, 1941) was an American football player and coach, professor, state senator, and college president. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1891 to 1893, compiling a record of 6–2–1. Sikes taught history and political economics at Wake Forest from 1897 to 1916. He served one term in the North Carolina Senate, representing Wake County in 1911. Sikes was the president of Coker College from 1916 to 1925 and the president of Clemson University from 1925 until his retirement in 1940. He died of a heart attack on January 8, 1941 in Clemson, South Carolina.[1][2]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1891–1893) | |||||||||
1891 | Wake Forest | 1–0 | |||||||
1892 | Wake Forest | 4–0–1 | |||||||
1893 | Wake Forest | 1–2 | |||||||
Wake Forest: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 6–2–1 |
References[]
- ^ "Noted Educator Taken By Death". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. January 9, 1941. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ Powell, William S., ed. (1994). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. University of North Carolina Press. p. 345. ISBN 0807821004. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
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- Coker College people
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- Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches
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- People from Union County, North Carolina
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