Charles C. Stroud

Charles Crawford "Doc" Stroud (October 23, 1870 – December 8, 1949) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.

Charles C. Stroud
Biographical details
Born(1870-10-23)October 23, 1870
Thompson, Connecticut
DiedDecember 8, 1949(1949-12-08) (aged 79)
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Playing career
Football
c. 1893Tufts
Baseball
c. 1893Tufts
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1895Tufts (assistant)
1905–1907Rochester (NY)
1910–1912Mercer
Basketball
1905–1908Rochester (NY)
1910–1913Mercer
1913–1918LSU
1919–1920LSU
Baseball
1910–1913Mercer
1914–1921LSU
1916–1930Louisiana State Normal
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1922LSU

Stroud was born on October 26, 1870 in Thompson, Connecticut and attended Putnam High School in Putnam, Connecticut. He graduated from Tufts College in 1894. At Tufts, he played on the varsity football and baseball team. He taught for a year at Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester, Vermont before returning to Tufts in 1895 to attend Tufts Medical College and coach football.[1] Stroud was the head football coach at Rochester University. He also served as head baseball, basketball and football coach at Mercer University.

Stroud coached at LSU as head coach for the LSU basketball and LSU baseball teams.[2][3] He coached the men's basketball team for one season during the 1919–1920 basketball season and had a 19–2 record. He coached the baseball team for eight seasons from 1914 to 1921 and compiled a record of 75–58–5. He was also athletic director at one point.[4]

He also served as the head baseball coach and athletic director at Northwestern State University. Stroud died on December 8, 1949 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[5]

References
  1. Start, Alaric Bertrand, ed. (1896). History of Tufts College. pp. 160–1.
  2. "Doc Stroud". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. "Louisiana State University". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  4. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn91046080/1922-03-10/ed-1/seq-1/
  5. "Dr. Charles Stroud Dies at Natchitoches". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. Associated Press. December 9, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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