Louis H. Galbreath

Louis Hutchinson Galbreath
Galbreath c. 1899
Born	December 22, 1861 Ashmore, Illinois
Died	August 15, 1899 New York City
Cause of death	Typhoid Fever
Resting place	Angola, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Illinois State University Cornell University
Occupation	Teacher Professor Football coach
Employer	Winona State University Illinois State University University at Buffalo Eastern Illinois University
Spouse(s)	Julia Aver Tifft

Louis Hutchinson Galbreath (December 22, 1861 – August 15, 1899) was American educator who specialized in training teachers and advocated educational psychology and scientific pedagogy. A graduate of both Illinois State University and Cornell University had his career cut short when he died from typhoid fever. In 1896 while a professor at Illinois State University he became the second head football coach at the school.

Early years

1889 Cornell Varsity Football Team: Galbreath is the 4th from the left in the middle row

Galbreath was born on December 22, 1861, in the Eastern Illinois town of Ashmore. He attended the Illinois State University (then known as Illinois State Normal University) where he graduated in 1885.^[1] Galbreath then attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York as a member of the class of 1890. After some interruptions he graduated from Cornell with a B.L. While at Cornell, he was known as a stand out center on the football team.^[1] He lettered in football in 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891 where he opened running lanes for College Football Hall of Fame running back Winchester Osgood. In the four years he played football Cornell went a combined 25 wins and 11 losses ^[2] He was also active at Cornell with the Christian Association, and was a member of Sphinx Head.^[1]

Educator

Eventually Galbreath worked at several colleges training future teachers. He was known as persistent advocate of educational psychology, and scientific pedagogy. He was very involved in his profession by speaking before many institutes and educational associations and writing in Educational Journals.^[3] He taught pedagogy and psychology at the State Normal School at Winona, Minnesota (now known as Winona State University).^[1][3] In 1896 he left Winona State and joined the faculty of the Illinois State in Normal, Illinois taking the place of noted educatior Dr. Charles Alexander McMurry, who moved on to Chicago University.^[4] The next year He became the Chair of Psychology and Child Studies at the School of Pedagogy at University at Buffalo (now known as The State University of New York at Buffalo). He held this position until it closed in 1898.^[3][5] After he left Buffalo he moved to New York City, accepting a fellowship in Columbia University. Before the 1899 school year, he accepted the chair of Pedagogy at Eastern Illinois University (then known as Eastern Illinois State Normal School) before taking the position he died from typhoid fever in New York City, and was buried at Angola, New York.^[1][6]

Football coach

While teaching at Illinois State, Galbreath became the second head football coach for the Illinois State Redbirds, holding that position for the 1896 season. His overall coaching record at ISU was 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 18th at ISU in terms of total wins and first at ISU in terms of winning percentage.^[7]

Coaching record

Family

In 1895, Galbreath married, Miss Julia Aver Tifft of Ithaca, NewYork. Like her husband she was a graduate of Cornell University (class of 1893). They had two boys who were very young when their father died in 1899.^[1]

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