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Clarence Spears
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Biographical details
Born
(1894-07-24)July 24, 1894
De Witt, Arkansas
DiedFebruary 1, 1964(1964-02-01) (aged 69)
Jupiter, Florida
Playing career
1914–1915Dartmouth

Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1917–1920Dartmouth
1921–1924West Virginia
1925–1929Minnesota
1930–1931Oregon
1932–1935Wisconsin
1936–1942Toledo
1943–1944Maryland

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1936–1942Toledo

Head coaching record
Overall148–83–14
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Ten (1927)
Awards

All-American, 1914
All-American, 1915


College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1955 (profile)

Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears (July 24, 1894 – February 1, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College (1914–1915) and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth (1917–1920), West Virginia University (1921–1924), the University of Minnesota (1925–1929), the University of Oregon[1] (1930–1931), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932–1935), the University of Toledo (1936–1942), and University of Maryland, College Park (1943–1944), compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955.




Contents





  • 1 Playing career


  • 2 Coaching career


  • 3 Medical career


  • 4 Head coaching record


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Playing career[edit]


Spears attended Dartmouth College, where he played guard and was selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1914 and 1915.



Coaching career[edit]


Spears was the head coach for the Dartmouth Indians football team from 1917 to 1920. From 1921 to 1924, he coached the West Virginia Mountaineers football team, winning 79.5% of the games he coached during his tenure there. Following that, Spears coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1925 to 1929, leading the team to a 6–0–2 record and a share of the Big Ten Conference title in 1927. He had a 28–9–3 record at Minnesota.


Spears was the coach at Oregon in 1930 and 1931. From 1932 to 1935 he coached the Wisconsin Badgers. From 1936 to 1942, Spears was Toledo's coach. Finally, he was the coach at Maryland in 1943 and 1944, tallying a mark of 5–12–1.


Spears had two undefeated seasons as a coach, 1922 at West Virginia and 1927 at Minnesota. In 1955, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.



Medical career[edit]


While coaching, Spears studied medicine at the University of Chicago and the Rush Medical College. Following his football career, he maintained a medical practice for many years.



Head coaching record[edit]















































































































































































































Year
Team
Overall
ConferenceStanding
Bowl/playoffs

Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1917–1920)

1917

Dartmouth
5–3

1918

Dartmouth
3–3

1919

Dartmouth
6–1–1

1920

Dartmouth
7–2

Dartmouth:
21–9–1

West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1921–1924)

1921

West Virginia
5–4–1

1922

West Virginia
10–0–1
W San Diego East-West Christmas Classic

1923

West Virginia
7–1–1

1924

West Virginia
8–1

West Virginia:
30–6–3

Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1925–1929)

1925

Minnesota
5–2–11–1–1T–4th

1926

Minnesota
5–32–2T–6th

1927

Minnesota
6–0–23–0–1T–1st

1928

Minnesota
6–24–23rd

1929

Minnesota
6–23–2T–3rd

Minnesota:
28–9–313–7–2

Oregon Webfoots (Pacific Coast Conference) (1930–1931)

1930

Oregon
7–23–14th

1931

Oregon
6–2–23–1–13rd

Oregon:
13–4–26–2–1

Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (1932–1935)

1932

Wisconsin
6–1–14–1–13rd

1933

Wisconsin
2–5–10–5–110th

1934

Wisconsin
4–42–3T–5th

1935

Wisconsin
1–71–4T–9th

Wisconsin:
13–17–27–13–2

Toledo Rockets (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1936–1942)

1936
Toledo
2–62–1T–6th

1937
Toledo
6–30–0Did not compete

1938
Toledo
6–3–10–0–1T–10th

1939

Toledo
7–31–02nd

1940
Toledo
6–31–1T–9th

1941
Toledo
7–42–03rd

1942
Toledo
4–4–11–0–14th

Toledo:
38–26–27–2–2

Maryland Terrapins (Southern Conference) (1943–1944)

1943

Maryland
4–52–02nd

1944

Maryland
1–7–11–16th

Maryland:
5–12–13–1
Total:148–83–14

      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth


References[edit]




  1. ^ McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.





External links[edit]



  • Clarence Spears at the College Football Hall of Fame








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