Edward J. Samp

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Edward J. Samp
Sport(s) American football
Playing career
1910–1912 Wisconsin
Position(s) Fullback, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913
1914
1918

Hamilton
Wisconsin (assistant)
Williams
Head coaching record
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Big Ten Conference (1912)

Edward J. Samp was an American football coach of German Catholic heritage during the early 20th century. In 1913, he became the head football coach at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

College student and athlete

Samp attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was a member of Phi Bata Kappa. A talented athlete, he played baseball, rowed, and was an all-conference performer in football.[1] Samp lettered in three season on the football team under coaches Thomas A. Barry, John R. Richards, and William Juneau.[2] He played fullback for the 1910 and 1911 season, but moved to tackle for the 1912 season. This move helped the 1912 team to win the Western Conference title. After the season he was named All-Western tackle as well as mentioned in Walter Camp's 1912 All-American review.[3]

College coach

After graduating from Wisconsin, Samp became head football coach of Hamilton College for the 1914 season.[3][4] That season his squad won 3 games, lost 4 games, and tied 1.[5] The following year he became an assistant football coach at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin.[3] In 1918 The New York Times reported that he had taken a head coach position at Williams College.[3]

Later life

Samp later went into real estate in Wisconsin. He ran for State Treasurer in the Republican primary against Solomon Levitan in 1930 as part of a movement to remove progressives from statewide office.[1] He lost the vote by 360,110 to 219,915.[6] After the election he continued to be involved in politics, including serving as State Republican Chairman.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Freitag, Duane H. (2012), Sauerkraut, Suspenders, and the Swiss: A Political History of Green County's Swiss Colony 1845-1945, Bloomington, Indiana: iUniverse, pp. 247–258, ISBN 978-1-4759-0750-6 
  2. "2012 Wisconsin Football Fact Book". Univeristy of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2013-12-13. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Samp to Coach Williams", New York Times, September 25, 1918 
  4. "Wisconsin Graduate Coach", Geneva Daily Times, April 2, 1913: 6 
  5. "Football: History: Coaching Record". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  6. Freitag p. 251

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