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Biographical details | |
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Born | July 7, 1891 |
Died | January 21, 1973 | (aged 81)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914–1916 | Oregon |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918–1923 | Oregon |
Basketball | |
1919–1920 | Oregon |
Baseball | |
1919–1920 | Oregon |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–12–6 (football) 8–9 (basketball) 12–15 (baseball) |
Bowls | 0–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football PCC (1919) | |
Awards | |
Charles A. "Shy" Huntington (July 7, 1891 – January 1973)[1] was a quarterback and later a multi-sport coach at the University of Oregon.[2]
Playing and coaching career
Huntington began his football career as a quarterback and safety at the University of Oregon. He was the critical player in Oregon's Rose Bowl upset over heavily favored Pennsylvania in 1917, throwing a touchdown pass and intercepting three passes on defense as the Ducks won 14–0.[3]
Huntington took over as head coach for the Ducks in 1918. He would coach the Ducks for six seasons. He finished with a 26–12–6 record. In 1919, he coached the Ducks to a Rose Bowl berth; they lost to Harvard, 7–6, on January 1, 1920.[3]
He served as Oregon's baseball coach in 1919 and 1920,[4] and he coached the basketball team for one season, 1919–20, achieving a record of eight wins and nine losses.[5]
Huntington was a member of the Ku Klux Klan during his time as head coach.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Oregon Webfoots (Pacific Coast Conference) (1918–1923) | |||||||||
1918 | Oregon | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1919 | Oregon | 5–2 | 2–1 | T–1st | L Rose | ||||
1920 | Oregon | 3–2–1 | 1–1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
1921 | Oregon | 5–1–3 | 0–1–2 | 5th | |||||
1922 | Oregon | 6–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 2nd | |||||
1923 | Oregon | 3–4–1 | 0–4–1 | 8th | |||||
Oregon: | 26–12–6 | 8–8–5 | |||||||
Total: | 26–12–6 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Shy Huntington's obituary
- ^ McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.
- ^ a b Rose Bowl Legends Archived March 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Rose Bowl. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.
- ^ Baseball: Researching the National Pastime University of Oregon. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.
- ^ In that era, it was not uncommon for collegiate coaches to coach several sports. Jack of Both Trades. College Sporting News. URL accessed on August 16, 2006.
- ^ Lay, Shawn (2004). The Invisible Empire in the West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07171-3.