Reuben F. Booth

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Reuben F. Booth
Booth pictured in The Bell Clapper 1905, Kansas State yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1878-06-17)June 17, 1878
Died	March 15, 1953(1953-03-15) (aged 74) Olathe, Kansas
Playing career
Baseball 1899–1902	Northwestern
Position(s)	Third baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1904	Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall	1–6
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Reuben Fletcher Booth (June 7, 1878 – March 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the ninth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State University, holding the position for one season in 1904 and compiling a record of 1–6.

Booth attended high school in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Northwestern University in 1903 with a degree in mathematics. He played third base for Northwestern's baseball team, and lettered for the football team at Northwestern in 1901 and 1902.^[1]

After graduation, Booth moved to Kansas State in Manhattan, Kansas, to work as an assistant in the mathematics department.^[1] He coached the football team during the 1904 season. Booth also reportedly coached the Kansas State baseball team in 1905.^[1]

In 1906-1907 Booth attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, and was at Purdue University the following year. He later settled permanently in Olathe, Kansas.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Kansas State Wildcats (Independent) (1904)
1904	Kansas State	1–6
Kansas State:		1–6
Total:		1–6

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Willard, Julius (1940). History of Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Kansas State College Press. pp. 499, 505–06.

External links

Reuben F. Booth at the College Football Data Warehouse

Kansas State Wildcats head football coaches

Ira Pratt (1896)
Jub Ehrsam (1897)
Billy P. Williamson (1898)
Albert Hansen (1899)
Fay Moulton (1900)
Wade Moore (1901)
Cyrus E. Dietz (1902)
G. O. Dietz (1903)
Reuben F. Booth (1904)
Mike Ahearn (1905–1910)
Guy Lowman (1911–1914)
John R. Bender (1915)
Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1919)
Charlie Bachman (1920–1927)
Bo McMillin (1928–1933)
Pappy Waldorf (1934)
Wesley Fry (1935–1939)
Hobbs Adams (1940–1941)
Ward Haylett (1942–1944)
Lud Fiser (1945)
Hobbs Adams (1946)
Sam Francis (1947)
Ralph Graham (1948–1950)
Bill Meek (1951–1954)
Bus Mertes (1955–1959)
Doug Weaver (1960–1966)
Vince Gibson (1967–1974)
Ellis Rainsberger (1975–1977)
Jim Dickey (1978–1985)
Lee Moon # (1985)
Stan Parrish (1986–1988)
Bill Snyder (1989–2005)
Ron Prince (2006–2008)
Bill Snyder (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Booth, Reuben F.
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	June 17, 1878
Place of birth
Date of death	March 15, 1953
Place of death	Olathe, Kansas

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