Maurice Gordon Clarke
| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 2, 1877 Bellevue, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1896–1898 | Chicago |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899 | Texas |
| 1900 | Western Reserve |
| Baseball | |
| 1900 | Texas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–5–2 (football) 14–2–1 (baseball) |
| Statistics | |
Maurice Gordon Clarke (born May 2, 1877) was an American football and baseball player and coach.[1] The Omaha, Nebraska native served as head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin in 1899 and at Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—in 1900, compiling a career college football record of 10–5–2. He was also the head baseball coach at Texas in the spring of 1900, tallying a mark of 14–2–1. Clarke was a graduate of the University of Chicago and played quarterback for the Chicago Maroons from 1896 to 1898 teams under Amos Alonzo Stagg. He also lettered in baseball at Chicago.[2][3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Texas | 6–2 | |||||||
| Texas: | 6–2 | ||||||||
| Western Reserve (Independent) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Western Reserve | 4–3–2 | |||||||
| Western Reserve: | 4–3–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–5–2 | ||||||||
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