Emmons Dunbar

Emmons B. Dunbar
Dunbar at Maryland in 1902
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born March 24, 1882
Place of birth Springville, New York
Died July 20, 1954(1954-07-20) (aged 72)
Place of death Gowanda, New York
Playing career
1900–1902 Maryland
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1901 Maryland
Head coaching record
Overall 1–7–0
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Emmons Burdette Dunbar (March 24, 1882 – July 20, 1954) was an American agriculturalist and college football coach. He served as head coach of the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in 1901.

Biography

Dunbar was born in Springville, New York in 1882.[1] As a youth, he was tutored by fellow Springville native and legendary coach Glenn "Pop" Warner in the intricacies of the unbalanced line used to great effect by the Carlisle Indians.[2] In 1900, Dunbar enrolled in the Maryland Agricultural College,[1] where he played on the football team as a guard from 1900 to 1902.[3] The team elected him as captain in 1902, but he broke his leg in the second game against Mount Saint Joseph College.[4] Dunbar graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1903 with a Bachelor's Degree from the Agricultural Course.[1] He married in 1910 and worked as an agronomist for the I. A. Corporation in Buffalo, New York.[1] Dunbar was a member of the Freemasons.[5]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
1901 Maryland 1–7–0
Total: 1–7–0
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Alumni record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914, p. 83, Maryland Agricultural College, 1914.
  2. ^ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, pp. 42, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.
  3. ^ Bealle, pp. 39–44.
  4. ^ Bealle, p. 44.
  5. ^ Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, p. 351, Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1911.