Don McCallister
Donald McCallister (March 13, 1904 – August 5, 1977) was an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at South Carolina University from 1935 to 1937 and at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont from 1938 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 32–29–2.[2][3] As a high school coach at Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio, McCallister's 1932 squad won a mythical High School Football National Championship.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1904 Illinois |
| Died | August 5, 1977 (aged 73) San Gabriel, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1925 | Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1926–1927 | Palatka HS (FL) |
| 1928–1930 | Miami HS (FL) |
| 1931–1934 | Toledo Waite HS (OH) |
| 1935–1937 | South Carolina |
| 1938–1941 | Norwich |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1935–1937 | South Carolina |
| 1938–1941 | Norwich |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–29–2 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| High School National (1932) | |
McCallister died on August 5, 1977, as San Gabriel Community Hospital in San Gabriel, California.[5]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Conference) (1935–1937) | |||||||||
| 1935 | South Carolina | 3–7 | 1–4 | T–8th | |||||
| 1936 | South Carolina | 5–7 | 2–5 | 12th | |||||
| 1937 | South Carolina | 5–6–1 | 2–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| South Carolina: | 12–20–1 | 5–11–1 | |||||||
| Norwich Cadets (Independent) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Norwich | 2–4 | |||||||
| 1939 | Norwich | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1940 | Norwich | 7–1 | |||||||
| 1941 | Norwich | 6–2 | |||||||
| South Carolina: | 20–9–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 32–29–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Don McCallister". Find a Grave. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Don McCallister". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Norwich Football". Biddeford Daily Journal. September 26, 1941. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Don McCallister Goes To South Carolina". Akron Beacon Journal. January 12, 1935. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- "Former Football Coach Is Dead". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. Associated Press. August 7, 1977. p. 54. Retrieved November 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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