| Fred Clapp | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | College football |
| Current position | |
| Team | Southwestern College (Kansas) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1909-1913 | Southwestern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 24-11-6 |
| Statistics | |
| College Football Data Warehouse | |
Fred Clapp was an American football and basketball coach in the United States.
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Clapp the fifth football head coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas and held that position 5 years, from 1909 to 1913. His overall coaching record at Southwestern was 24 wins, 11 losses, and 6 ties. This ranks him 6th at Southwestern in total wins and 11th at Southwestern in total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).[1]
In 1913, Clapp fielded an African American player for his team. Kansas Normal School (now called Pittsburg State University officially launched a formal protest against the appearance of the player.[2] In that same game, a player named Fred Hamilton was playing left halfback and was injured to the extent of having a broken neck and paralyzed arms.[3] The game ended in a 6-6 tie.[4]
The 1914 proved especially important to Southwestern College lore. On November 8, 1912, Southwestern defeated Fairmont College (now Wichita State University) by a score of 41 to 3.[5] This was the first of a series of wins where Southwestern would beat or tie Fairmont ten of eleven games. This period of time earned the school the name "The Jinx" for many years to come.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA Coach's Poll# | |||
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| Southwestern College (Independent) (1909–1913) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Southwestern | 2-2-3 | |||||||
| 1910 | Southwestern | 5-4-1 | |||||||
| 1911 | Southwestern | 5-3-1 | |||||||
| 1912 | Southwestern | 6-2-0 | |||||||
| 1913 | Southwestern | 6-1-1 | |||||||
| Southwestern: | 24-12-6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 24-12-6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
Clapp also coached men's basketball at Southwestern and was the second person on record to hold that post.[6] He coached for five seasons, from 1909 until 1914. His record was 39 wins and 24 losses.[7]
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