Alfred G. Wheeler
American football and basketball player and coach (1899–1982)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1899-03-02)March 2, 1899 Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | June 16, 1982(1982-06-16) (aged 83) North Carolina, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1918–1921 | Oberlin |
Basketball | |
1918–1922 | Oberlin |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1925–1926 | Iowa State (assistant) |
1927–1928 | Amherst (assistant) |
1929–1931 | Amherst |
1938–1960 | Peru State |
Basketball | |
1927–1932 | Amherst |
1938–1946 | Peru State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 140–65–15 (football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 NIAA (1939–1940) 4 NCC (1951–1953, 1960) | |
Alfred George Wheeler (March 2, 1899 – June 16, 1982) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football and men's basketball coach at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts,[2] before serving in the same roles at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska[3]
As a college athlete at Oberlin College, he quarterbacked his team to a 1921 victory over Ohio State.[4]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three) (1929–1931) | |||||||||
1929 | Amherst | 5–2–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
1930 | Amherst | 4–2–2 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
1931 | Amherst | 2–5 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
Amherst: | 11–9–3 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
Peru State Bobcats (Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1938–1942) | |||||||||
1938 | Peru State | 1–7 | 0–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1939 | Peru State | 7–1–1 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1940 | Peru State | 7–0–2 | 2–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1941 | Peru State | 4–3–1 | 1–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1942 | Peru State | 6–2–1 | 1–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
Peru State Bobcats (Nebraska College Conference) (1943–1960) | |||||||||
1943 | Peru State | 3–3–2 | |||||||
1944 | Peru State | 2–5 | |||||||
1945 | Peru State | 4–1–1 | |||||||
1946 | Peru State | 4–4–1 | 4–3–1 | 4th | |||||
1947 | Peru State | 3–4–2 | 3–3–2 | 6th | |||||
1948 | Peru State | 4–4 | 3–3 | T–5th | |||||
1949 | Peru State | 4–5 | 2–5 | 7th | |||||
1950 | Peru State | 7–2 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1951 | Peru State | 8–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
1952 | Peru State | 10–0 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
1953 | Peru State | 8–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1954 | Peru State | 7–2 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
1955 | Peru State | 7–2 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
1956 | Peru State | 6–3 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
1957 | Peru State | 7–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
1958 | Peru State | 7–1 | 6–1 | 3rd | |||||
1959 | Peru State | 7–1 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
1960 | Peru State | 6–2–1 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
Peru State: | 129–56–12 | ||||||||
Total: | 140–65–15 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Alfred Wheeler". Peru State College. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Record Book". Amherst College. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Records" (PDF). Peru State College. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Alfred G. Wheeler". Oberlin College. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
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Amherst Mammoths head football coaches
- Unknown (1877–1893)
- Parke H. Davis (1894)
- Unknown (1895–1898)
- Harry A. Smith (1899–1906)
- Jack Hubbard (1907)
- Jack Hubbard & Sidney R. Overall (1908)
- Jack Hubbard (1909)
- Henry Hobbs (1910–1913)
- Thomas J. Riley (1914–1916)
- Raymond G. Gettell (1917–1920)
- Wesley Englehorn (1921)
- Tuss McLaughry (1922–1925)
- Harry F. White (1926–1928)
- Alfred G. Wheeler (1929–1931)
- Lloyd Jordan (1932–1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Lloyd Jordan (1945–1949)
- John McLaughry (1950–1958)
- Jim Ostendarp (1959–1991)
- John McKechnie (1992)
- Jack Siedlecki (1993–1996)
- E. J. Mills (1997–2019)
- No team (2020)
- E. J. Mills (2021– )