Thomas Ransom (coach)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1870 Grant County, Indiana |
| Died | June 3, 1946 (aged 75) Glendale, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1914 | Michigan State Normal |
| Football | |
| 1914–1915 | Michigan State Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–2–1 (football) 9–4 (basketball) |
Thomas Harvey Ransom (August 8, 1870 – June 3, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach and a doctor. Ransom was the head football coach at Michigan State Normal College—now known as Eastern Michigan University—in Ypsilanti, Michigan, serving for the 1914 season, and compiling a record of 3–2–1.[1][2] He was also the head basketball coach at Michigan State Normal for the 1914–15 season, tallying a mark of 9–4.
Ransom, who had an M.D., resided at 950 Sheridan Street in Ypsilanti when he worked at the university.[3] He had previously resided at Bloomingdale, where he was one of the first citizens to own a car.[4][5] In addition to having the position as instructor in Physical Education, Ransom was also a health inspector at the school.[6]
Born in Grant County, Indiana in 1870,[7] Ransom married Nelle Pearl Wiggins on April 2, 1902. He died on June 3, 1946 in California.[8]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State Normal Normalites (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Michigan State Normal | 3–2–1 | 1–0–1 | ||||||
| Michigan State Normal: | 3–2–1 | 1–0–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–2–1 | ||||||||
Basketball[]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State Normal Normalites (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914–1915) | |||||||||
| 1914–15 | Michigan State Normal | 9–4 | |||||||
| Michigan State Normal: | 9–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 9–4 | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ "Football Bowl Subdivision: Eastern Michigan University Directory". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Eastern Michigan Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062793875;view=1up;seq=325
- ^ http://www.bloomingdaletwp.com/historyofbloomin.html
- ^ "Journal". 1914.
- ^ http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062793875;view=1up;seq=492
- ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mivanbur/bio8.htm
- ^ "The Michigan Alumnus". 1946.
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