- Chester J. Roberts
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Chester J. Roberts Sport(s) Football, basketball Biographical details Place of birth Birnamwood, Wisconsin Playing career 1909–1911 Lawrence Position(s) Center Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1912
1914
1915
1917
Basketball
1914–1915
1915–1916
1920–1921
Simpson (assistant)
Bethany (WV)
Miami (OH)
Platteville Normal
Bethany (WV)
Miami (OH)
Western IllinoisHead coaching record Overall 11–10 (football)
9–18 (basketball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Chester Joseph Roberts was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the early 1900s. He was a 1912 graduate of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin where he played football. After graduation he served as a member of the faculty at several colleges in the Midwest. During this time Roberts served as head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia (1914), Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1915), and Platteville Normal College, now the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (1917), compiling a career college football record of 11–10. He was also the head basketball coach at Bethany (1914–1915) and Miami (1915–1916), tallying a career college basketball mark of 9–18.
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Early life
Roberts was born in Birnamwood, Wisconsin.[1] He attended Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1908 to 1912 where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He did post graduate work at both University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois, receiving a master's degree from Wisconsin. In 1913 he married Bessie Bushey of Appleton.[2]
Playing career
Roberts was an All-State center for two years at Lawrence under coach Mark Catlin.[2] In his last year at Lawrence he was part of the 1911 team that won the State Championship. This team's only loss was to Wisconsin by a score of 15–0. In the rest of the games they outscored their other opponents 100–0. In 1911 Roberts was named to the all-time Lawrence College football team by the local newspaper, the Appleton Evening Crescent.[3]
Coaching career
After graduation from Lawrence, Roberts became an instructor at several colleges including Simpson College, Miami University, Bethany College, and Platteville Normal College. While serving as the member of the faculty at this college he also served as a coach of several sports.
Bethany College
After spending the 1912–13 academic year as an instructor physics and mathematics as well as an assistant coach at Simpson College, Roberts accepted a job at Bethany College as the Physical Director in 1914.[4] In his only year as football coach he had a record of 3–4.[5] The 1914 football team that Roberts coached lacked experience going into the season. Roberts moved Dougherty to quarterback from end. The team was led by Rogers at running back, who was known for broken field running and passing.[6] He also served as basketball coach for the 1914–15 season where his team went 5–9.[7]
Miami University
In 1915 Roberts was named an Assistant Professor of Physical Training at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for the 1915–16 school year.[4] Included in his duties were coaching the football and basketball team. At the time Miami was changing the philosophy of athletics moving to an all-year athletic coach. The man he replaced as head football coach, James C. Donnelly, took time off from his law practice in Massachusetts showing up in Oxford just for the football season.[8] Roberts served as head coach of the 1915 Miami University football team. Among his players included Earl Blaik who would go on to a College Football Hall of Fame coaching career, Marvin Pierce, father of Barbra Bush and grandfather of George W. Bush, and John E. Hull, who would go on to be a four-star general and Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The team finished with a record of 6–2 and a victory over archrival Cincinnati in the last game of the season. The two losses were to Indiana of the Big Ten Conference and Denison, one of Miami biggest rivals at that time.[9] Down 14–0 against Denison, Roberts tried to encourage his team at halftime by offering to buy each player a box of bonbons if they won the game. This offer did not motivate the team; but it did shape Earl Blaik's coaching philosophy. Blaik later wrote about this enticement saying that "...in a Spartan game like football the worst possible inducement to a malingering player is, literally or figuratively, any form of sweetness."[10]
Platteville Normal College
After the 1915–1916 academic year Roberts moved from Miami to Platteville Normal College in Platteville, Wisconsin now known as the University of Wisconsin–Platteville to teach physical culture.[11] While at Platteville Normal he also coached the football team to a 2–4 record for the 1917 season.[12]
After coaching
After his coaching career employed by several companies in the paper and automobile industries in Wisconsin including Tuttle Press Co. in Appleton, Northern Paper Mills of Green Bay, Wisconsin, A. O. Smith of Milwaukee, and Nash Motors of Milwaukee.[2] While at the Northern Paper Mills he received a patent for Core-tube cutter.[13] In 1927 He was appointed manager of the industrial division of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. He was in charge of maintaining existing manufacturer and recruiting new manufactures to Milwaukee.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Bethany Bison (Independent) (1914) 1914 Bethany 3–4 Bethany: 3–4 Miami Redskins (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1915) 1915 Miami 6–2 5–1 2nd Miami: 6–2 5–1 Platteville Normal Pioneers (Independent) (1917) 1917 Platteville Normal 2–4 Platteville Normal: 2–4 Total: 11–10 References
- ^ Lawrence Alumni Record, 1857-1915. Appleton, Wis: The Post Publishing Co.. 1915. pp. 365. http://books.google.com/books?id=i6ZEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA365&dq=Bethany+College+football+roberts&lr=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Bethany%20College%20football%20roberts&f=false.
- ^ a b c d "Milwaukee A. of C. Gives Position to Lawrence Athlete", Appleton Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin): 9, August 19, 1927
- ^ "Football began with Ripon Defy", Appleton Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin): 60, April 30, 1932
- ^ a b "Annual Reports of the President, the Deans, and Other Officers of Miami University, for 1915-1916". Miami University Bulletin (Oxford, Ohio: Miami University) XIV (11): 20. July 1916. http://books.google.com/books?id=cqTOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA20&dq=chester+joseph+roberts+miami&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=chester%20joseph%20roberts%20miami&f=false.
- ^ "Bethany College 2008 Football Media Guide". Bethany College. http://www.bethanywv.edu/2008-09/football.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Camp, Walter. (1915). Spalding's official foot ball guide 1915. New York: American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 177 & 183. http://books.google.com/books?id=I2tLAAAAMAAJ&dq=Spalding's+official+foot+ball+guide+walter+camp&lr=&as_brr=1&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- ^ "Bethany College 2008-09 Men’s Basketball Media Guide". Bethany College. http://www.bethanywv.edu/2008-09/MBball.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ "Annual Reports of the President, the Deans, and Other Officers of Miami University, for 1914-1915". Miami University Bulletin (Oxford, Ohio: Miami University) XIII (10): 110. June 1915. http://books.google.com/books?id=KaTOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA110&dq=%22chester++j.++roberts%22+coach&lr=&as_brr=3.
- ^ "Miami 2008 Football Media Guide". Miami University. http://www.muredhawks.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/08-mediaguide.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Blaik, Earl H.; Cohane, Tim (1960). You Have to Play the Price. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 19. http://books.google.com/books?id=CM49AAAAIAAJ&q=You+Have+to+Play+the+Price+earl+blaik&dq=You+Have+to+Play+the+Price+earl+blaik.
- ^ "Neighborhood News", Stevens Point Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisconsin): 8, August 16, 1916
- ^ "UW-Platteville Pioneer Football Record Book". UW-Platteville. http://www.uwplatt.edu/athletics/football/recordbook.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Roberts, Chester J., Core-tube cutter, http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1641866.html, retrieved 2009-08-27
External links
- Chester J. Roberts at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Chester J. Roberts at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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