Lewie Hardage
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 11, 1891 Madison, Alabama |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Melrose, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1908–1909 | Auburn |
| 1911–1912 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913 | Mercer |
| 1915–1917 | McCallie School (TN) |
| 1921 | Gordon Military College |
| 1922–1931 | Vanderbilt (backfield) |
| 1932–1934 | Oklahoma |
| 1935 | Furman (backfield) |
| 1936–1938 | Florida (backfield) |
| Baseball | |
| 1937–1939 | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–17–5 (college football) 35–24–1 (college baseball) |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Third-team All-American (1912) 4x All-Southern (1908, 1909, 1911, 1912) 1912 All-time Vandy 2nd team Ranked by coach Dan McGugin as one of his six best players |
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Lewis Woolford "Lewie" Hardage (February 11, 1891 – August 29, 1973) was an American college football player and college football and baseball coach. Hardage was an All-Southern halfback every year he played: 1908, 1909, 1911, and 1912—the first two for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University and the latter two for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He served as the head football coach at Mercer University in 1913 and at the University of Oklahoma from 1932 to 1934, compiling a career college football coaching record of 13–17–5. Hardage was later the head baseball coach at the University of Florida from 1937 to 1939, tallying a mark of 35–24–1.
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Early years
"Lewie" Hardage was born on February 11, 1891 in Madison, Alabama to Monroe L., a liquor dealer, and Katherine Hardage. His father Monroe operated the Hardage Brother's Saloon.[1]
Playing career
Hardage was a prominent halfback at two different schools, selected All-Southern every year he played.
Auburn
Hardage played two years for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers football team, from 1908 to 1909. The 1908 team disputes a Southern championship with LSU despite losing to them. Hardage scored three touchdowns in the win over the Mercer Baptists, the only touchdown in a key win over the Sewanee Tigers, and two touchdowns in a win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, including a 108-yard kickoff return.[2]
Vanderbilt
Hardage was a two-year letterman on Vanderbilt Commodores football team (1911–1912), both years in which Vanderbilt was Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champions.
1911
The 1911 team lost one game by a single point to the only team able to score upon them, Michigan. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches on the SIAA champion team reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.[3]
1912
In his senior year in 1912, Hardage was the captain of the team.[4] He also was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp, the fourth ever Southern player to get such a recognition.[5] Innis Brown in 1912 wrote "Hardage has been rated as probably the most successful man in the south at making forward passes."[6]
Coaching career
After graduating from Vanderbilt, Hardage took several coaching jobs. His first position was as head coach of the Mercer Baptists. He was head coach at The McCallie School, a boys’ college-preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from 1915 to 1917, where he had a coaching record of 11–4–3. In 1921, he took the job of the athletic director at Gordon Military College.[7] From 1922 to 1931, Hardage returned to his alma mater, Vanderbilt, as the backfield coach for the football team. He focused particularly on Gil Reese upon his arrival,[8] and later coached Hall of Famer Bill Spears. In 1932, Hardage was hired as the head football coach at Oklahoma, where he coached for three seasons. He spent the 1935 season as an assistant football coach at Furman University before moving on to Florida where he became the backfield coach for the football team and the head coach of the baseball team.[9]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Mercer Bears (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Mercer | 2–5–1 | 0–4–1 | T–16th | |||||
| Mercer: | 2–5–1 | 0–4–1 | |||||||
| Oklahoma Sooners (Big Six Conference) (1932–1934) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Oklahoma | 4–4–1 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1933 | Oklahoma | 4–4–1 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1934 | Oklahoma | 3–4–2 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Oklahoma: | 11–12–4 | 8–6–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–17–5 | ||||||||
See also
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- Auburn Tigers
- Florida Gators
- History of the University of Florida
- Oklahoma Sooners
- Vanderbilt Commodores
References
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External links
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- 1891 births
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- Florida Gators baseball coaches
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- Oklahoma Sooners football coaches
- Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- High school baseball coaches in the United States
- High school football coaches in the United States
- American military personnel of World War I
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