Wesley Englehorn
 Englehorn in 1912 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1890 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | September 3, 1993 (aged 103) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1909 | Washington State |
| 1911–1912 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1913 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
| 1914–1916 | Case |
| 1920 | Boston College (assistant) |
| 1921 | Amherst |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–18–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Wesley "Moose" Theodore Englehorn (January 21, 1890 – September 3, 1993) was an American college football player and coach.
Career
[edit]Englehorn was born on January 21, 1890, to Herman and Emma Lenz, Englehorn attended Spokane High School, where he played basketball, football, and track and field. While a junior, he was reportedly recruited by Princeton University to play football.[1] Englehorn declined Princeton and instead played for two years for the All-Star Pacific Northwest basketball and football teams.[2]
Englehorn chose to attend Washington State College, where he played football for the Cougars. After one year there, he transferred to Dartmouth College, where he played tackle for two years for the Big Green. In 1912, Englehorn was selected as a consensus pick for the College Football All-America Team.
Englehorn was elected team captain for the 1913 season, but was declared ineligible due to a "three-year rule".[3] Instead, he and Jogger Elcock served as a team assistants, under coach Frank Cavanaugh, in 1913. Englehorn ultimately graduated from Dartmouth in 1914.
In 1914, Englehorn was hired as the head coach at the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland.[4] During his tenure at Case, in 1915, he married Viola S. Snead (1892-1978), with whom he had two children: Mary Louise (1917-1987) and Jane (1921-2001).
In 1917, Englehorn was hired as line coach and lead assistant for Colgate University.[5] However, he resigned before the season began to become secretary of the Cleveland Advertising Club.[6] He remained with the club until January 1, 1919, when he resigned to join the foreign trade department of the First National Bank of Boston.[7] The following year, Englehorn reunited with coach Cavanaugh as an assistant at Boston College.[4]
In 1921, Englehorn was hired as the head coach at Amherst College.[8] Just a year later, he announced his retirement from coaching, and was replaced by Tuss McLaughry.[9]
During the 1920s, Englehorn lived in California, where he was president of the Lee Investment Company and a director of the Central California Mortgage Company.[10] He worked for the federal government from 1935 to 1960 and was the Philadelphia-based regional director for the War Manpower Commission during World War II.[11][12]
Prior to his death on September 3, 1993, at the age of 103, Englehorn was living at Stapeley Hall, a retirement community in Germantown, and at the time, was the oldest living All-American college football player.[11] He was buried at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1914–1916) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Case | 4–6 | 3–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1915 | Case | 5–5–1 | 4–2–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1916 | Case | 5–5 | 4–3 | 6th | |||||
| Case: | 14–16–1 | 11–9–1 | |||||||
| Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three Conference) (1921) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Amherst | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| Amherst: | 4–2–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 18–18–3 | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stars of Spokane Team are Going to Princeton". Anaconda Standard. November 13, 1907.
- ^ "Amherst College Appoints Coach". Waterloo Times-Tribune. February 27, 1921.
- ^ "Dartmouth Loses Captain: W.T. Engelhorn Discovers That He Is Ineligible to Play Football In 1913" (PDF). The New York Times. January 4, 1913.
- ^ a b "Amherst graduates' quarterly, Volume 10, p. 179". Amherst College. 1921.
- ^ "Englehorn to Coach at Colgate" (PDF). The New York Times. March 11, 1917.
- ^ "Englehorn Quits Grid For Advertising Field". Spokane Daily Chronicle. September 17, 1917. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ "Personals and Publications". Judicious Advertising: 120. January 1919. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ "New Coach for Amherst: Englehorn, Former Dartmouth Star, Is Appointed Football Head" (PDF). The New York Times. February 28, 1921.
- ^ "Englehorn Leaves Coaching Field" (PDF). The New York Times. January 22, 1922.
- ^ Walker's Directory of Directors. San Francisco: Walker's Manual, Incorporated. 1927. p. 322. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Bamberger, Michael (January 21, 1993). "The Oldest Living All-American". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "Job-Changing Curb Tightens". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 29, 1943. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
External links
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