Burr Chamberlain

Biographical details
Burr Chamberlain
File:Burr Chamberlain.jpg Portrait of Chamberlain from The World of New York, September 26, 1898
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1877-08-21)August 21, 1877 Dalton, Massachusetts
Died	November 11, 1933(1933-11-11) (aged 56) Bronxville, New York
Playing career
Position(s)	Center, tackle
Head coaching record
Overall	6–12–3
Accomplishments and honors
Awards All-American, 1896 All-American, 1897 All-American, 1898

Burr Clark "B. C." Chamberlain (August 21, 1877 – November 11, 1933) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University from 1896 to 1898 at the center and tackle positions. Three times he was an All-American. Chamberlain served as the head football for one season at Stanford University in 1899 and for a season at the United States Naval Academy in 1903 season, compiling a career head coaching record of 6–12–3. He also coached football at the United States Military Academy, the University of Virginia, and his alma mater, Yale.

Chamberlain was born in Dalton, Massachusetts on August 21, 1877. He died of a heart attack at his home in Bronxville, New York on November 11, 1933.^[1]

Head coaching record[]

Year	Team	Overall
Stanford (Independent) (1899)
1899	Stanford	2–5–2
Stanford:		2–5–2
Navy Midshipmen (Independent) (1903)
1903	Navy	4–7–1
Navy:		4–7–1
Total:		6–12–3
^†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game.

References[]

↑ "B. C. CHAMBERLIN, GRIDIRON STAR, DIES—Former Yale Captain Won Fame as an All-America Tackle in Late '90s—NEW YORK STOCK BROKER—After Student Days, Coached at Yale, West Point, Annapolis and Other Institutions". The New York Times. November 11, 1933. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/11/11/105816239.pdf. Retrieved November 15, 2011.

Stanford Indians / Cardinals / Cardinal head football coaches

No coach (1891) • Walter Camp (1892) • C. D. Bliss (1893) • Walter Camp (1894–1895) • Harry P. Cross (1896) • George H. Brooke (1897) • Harry P. Cross (1898) • Burr Chamberlain (1899) • Fielding H. Yost (1900) • Charles Fickert (1901) • Carl L. Clemans (1902) • James F. Lanagan (1903–1905) • No team (1906–1918) • Bob Evans (1919) • Walter D. Powell (1920) • Eugene Van Gent (1921) • Andrew Kerr (1922–1923) • Pop Warner (1924–1932) • Claude E. Thornhill (1933–1939) • Clark Shaughnessy (1940–1941) • Marchmont Schwartz (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Marchmont Schwartz (1946–1950) • Chuck Taylor (1951–1957) • Jack Curtice (1958–1962) • John Ralston (1963–1971) • Jack Christiansen (1972–1976) • Bill Walsh (1977–1978) • Rod Dowhower (1979) • Paul Wiggin (1980–1983) • Jack Elway (1984–1988) • Dennis Green (1989–1991) • Bill Walsh (1992–1994) • Tyrone Willingham (1995–2001) • Buddy Teevens (2002–2004) • Walt Harris (2005–2006) • Jim Harbaugh (2007–2010) • David Shaw (2011– )

Navy Midshipmen head football coaches

No coach (1879–1881) • Vauix Carter (1882) • No coach (1883–1891) • Ben Crosby (1892) • Josh Hartwell (1893) • Bill Wurtenburg (1894) • Matt McClung (1895) • Johnny Poe (1896) • Bill Armstrong (1897–1899) • Garrett Cochran (1900) • Art Hillebrand (1901–1902) • Burr Chamberlain (1903) • Paul Dashiell (1904–1906) • Joe Reeves (1907) • Frank Berrien (1908–1910) • Douglas Legate Howard (1911–1914) • Jonas H. Ingram (1915–1916) • Gil Dobie (1917–1919) • Bob Folwell (1920–1924) • Jack Owsley (1925) • Bill Ingram (1926–1930) • Edgar Miller (1931–1933) • Tom Hamilton (1934–1936) • Hank Hardwick (1937–1938) • Swede Larson (1939–1941) • John Whelchel (1942–1943) • Oscar Hagberg (1944–1945) • Tom Hamilton (1946–1947) • George Sauer (1948–1949) • Eddie Erdelatz (1950–1958) • Wayne Hardin (1959–1964) • Bill Elias (1965–1968) • Rick Forzano (1969–1972) • George Welsh (1973–1981) • Gary Tranquill (1982–1986) • Elliot Uzelac (1987–1989) • George Chaump (1990–1994) • Charlie Weatherbie (1995–2001) • Rick Lantz # (2001) • Paul Johnson (2002–2007) • Ken Niumatalolo (2007– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Burr Chamberlain—championships, awards, and honors

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v · d · e1897 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Charles de Saulles HB Benjamin Dibblee HB Addison Kelly FB John Minds C Allan Doucette G Gordon Brown G Truxtun Hare T Burr Chamberlain T John H. Outland E Garrett Cochran E John A. Hall

v · d · e1898 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Charles Dudley Daly HB Benjamin Dibblee HB Malcolm McBride HB John Outland FB Clarence Herschberger FB Charles Romeyn C William Cunningham C Pete Overfield G Walter Boal G Gordon Brown G Truxtun Hare T Burr Chamberlain T Art Hillebrand E John Hallowell E Lew Palmer

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Burr Chamberlain

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