Charlie Caldwell

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Charley Caldwell
Sport(s)	Football, baseball, basketball
Biographical details
Born	August 2, 1901(1901-08-02)
Place of birth	Bristol, Virginia
Died	November 1, 1957(1957-11-01) (aged 56)
Place of death	Princeton, New Jersey
Playing career
1922–1924 1925	Princeton New York Yankees
Position(s)	Back, center (football) Guard (basketball) Pitcher, outfielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1925–1927 1928–1944 1945–1956 Basketball 1929–1939 Baseball 1931–1944 1945–1946	Princeton (assistant) Williams Princeton Williams Williams Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall	146–67–9 (football) 78–66 (basketball) 118–96 (baseball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
AFCA Coach of the Year (1950)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1961 (profile)

Charles William Caldwell (August 2, 1901 – November 1, 1957) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Williams College for 15 seasons between 1928 and 1944 and at Princeton University from 1945 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 146–67–9. Caldwell was also the head basketball coach at Williams for ten seasons (1929–1939), tallying a mark of 78–66, and the head baseball coach at Williams (1931–1944) and Princeton (1945–1946), achieving a career college baseball record of 118–96. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1961.

Early life and playing career

Caldwell was born in Bristol, Virginia on August 2, 1901. He attended Princeton University, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He played in the Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the New York Yankees in 1925. In three career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 16.88 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.^[1]

Coaching career

Caldwell coached three sports at Williams College. His record there was 76–37–6 in football, 78–66 in basketball, and 100–74 in baseball.^[2] Caldwell died in Princeton, New Jersey on November 1, 1957.

References

1. ^ Princeton University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues, Baseball Almanac. Accessed June 18, 2009.
2. ^ "Coach of Fifteen Teams". The New York Times. November 28, 1944. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20A16F83E5A157B93CAAB178AD95F408485F9. Retrieved October 12, 2010. 

External links

• Charlie Caldwell at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Charlie Caldwell at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Persondata
Name	Caldwell, Charlie
Alternative names	Caldwell, Charles William; Caldwell, Charles W.
Short description	American football and baseball player and coach
Date of birth	August 2, 1901
Place of birth	Bristol, Virginia
Date of death	November 1, 1957
Place of death	Princeton, New Jersey