George Toomey
George Emanuel Toomey[1][2] (October 17, 1873 – c. 1932) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado Agricultural College—now known as Colorado State University for one season, in 1900, compiling a record of 1–3. He forced to resign following a scandal in 1901 regarding his playing a professional player. Toomey graduated from University of Denver in 1898, where he was a member of the baseball team, the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and leader of the glee club. His hometown was Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, and he had previously attended Baker University.[3][4] In 1900, Toomey had also been named professor of Oratory at Colorado State.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 17, 1873 Americus, Kansas |
| Died | c. 1932 |
| Alma mater | Baker University University of Denver Kansas City Medical School |
| Playing career | |
| 1891–1894 | Baker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1900 | Colorado State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 |
He later returned to Kansas where he was an evangelist.[5] He died around 1932.[6]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Agricultural Aggies (Colorado Football Association) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Colorado Agricultural | 1–3 | |||||||
| Colorado Agricultural: | 1–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–3 | ||||||||
References
- https://archive.org/stream/alumnirecordofba1917bake/alumnirecordofba1917bake_djvu.txt
- http://www.du.edu/registrar/media/documents/degree1884-1900.pdf
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19300303&id=vCZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=okMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3702,1337336
- http://digitaldu.coalliance.org/fedora/repository/codu:59130
- https://archive.org/stream/georgeshumanfami00shum/georgeshumanfami00shum_djvu.txt
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19361107&id=SQZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dr8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4626,5121564