Walter Steffen
Biographical details | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | October 9, 1886
Died | March 9, 1937 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 50)
Playing career | |
1906–1908 | Chicago |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1914–1932 | Carnegie Tech |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 88–53–9 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× All-American (1907, 1908) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1969 (profile) |
Walter Peter Steffen (October 9, 1886 – March 9, 1937) was an American football player and coach. He emerged on the national scene as a high school quarterback, leading his Chicago North Division team to an intersectional championship over Brooklyn Boys by a score of 75–0 that ended after three quarters because of darkness. Steffen and his team helped introduce the more open style of play that prevailed in the Midwest. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Chicago from 1906 to 1908 and was a two-time All-American selection. Steffen served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University–from 1914 to 1932, compiling a record of 88–53–9. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969.
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Carnegie Tech Tartans (Independent) (1914–1932) | |||||||||
1914 | Carnegie Tech | 4–4 | |||||||
1915 | Carnegie Tech | 7–1 | |||||||
1916 | Carnegie Tech | 4–3 | |||||||
1917 | Carnegie Tech | 2–3–1 | |||||||
1918 | No team—World War I | ||||||||
1919 | Carnegie Tech | 3–4 | |||||||
1920 | Carnegie Tech | 5–3 | |||||||
1921 | Carnegie Tech | 7–2 | |||||||
1922 | Carnegie Tech | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1923 | Carnegie Tech | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1924 | Carnegie Tech | 5–4 | |||||||
1925 | Carnegie Tech | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1926 | Carnegie Tech | 7–2 | |||||||
1927 | Carnegie Tech | 5–4–1 | |||||||
1928 | Carnegie Tech | 7–1 | |||||||
1929 | Carnegie Tech | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1930 | Carnegie Tech | 6–3 | |||||||
1931 | Carnegie Tech | 3–5–1 | |||||||
1932 | Carnegie Tech | 4–3–2 | |||||||
Carnegie Tech: | 88–53–9 | ||||||||
Total: | 88–53–9 |
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- 1886 births
- 1937 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coaches
- Chicago Maroons football players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- Coaches of American football from Illinois
- Players of American football from Chicago
- College football player stubs
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