Marchmont Schwartz | |||
File:Marchmont Schwartz.jpg | |||
Sport(s) | Football | ||
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Biographical details | |||
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana | March 20, 1909||
Died | April 18, 1991 Danville, California | (aged 82)||
Playing career | |||
1929–1931 | Notre Dame | ||
Position(s) | Halfback | ||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||
1932–1933 1934 1935–1939 1940–1941 1942–1950 | Notre Dame (assistant) Chicago (assistant) Creighton Stanford (backfield) Stanford | ||
Head coaching record | |||
Overall | 47–50–6 | ||
Bowls | 1–0 | ||
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |||
Accomplishments and honors | |||
Championships 1 MVC (1936) | |||
Awards All-American, 1930 All-American, 1931 | |||
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Marchmont H. "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 – April 18, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47–50–6; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.
Early life and playing career[]
Schwartz was of Jewish heritage,[1] and was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College prep school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 19–0 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.
Coaching career[]
Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy.[2] In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.[3]
Death[]
Schwartz died on April 18, 1991 in Danville, California, aged 82.[4]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference) (1935–1939) | |||||||||
1935 | Creighton | 3–5–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1936 | Creighton | 4–4 | 3–0 | T–1st | |||||
1937 | Creighton | 2–7 | 0–3 | 7th | |||||
1938 | Creighton | 6–1–1 | 1–0–1 | 3rd | |||||
1939 | Creighton | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
Creighton: | 19–22–2 | 8–11–2 | |||||||
Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942–1950) | |||||||||
1942 | Stanford | 6–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | 12 | ||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | Stanford | 6–3–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |||||
1947 | Stanford | 0–9 | 0–7 | 10th | |||||
1948 | Stanford | 4–6 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
1949 | Stanford | 7–3–1 | 4–2 | T–3rd | W Pineapple | ||||
1950 | Stanford | 5–3–2 | 2–2–2 | T–4th | |||||
Stanford: | 28–28–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 47–50–6 | ||||||||
#Rankings from final AP Poll. |
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid, Associated Press, January 18, 1934.
- ↑ NEA Staff, Stanford Alumni Change Tune, The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
- ↑ AP (April 20, 1991). "Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/20/obituaries/marchmont-schwartz-football-coach-82.html. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
External links[]
- Marchmont Schwartz at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Marchmont Schwartz at the College Football Data Warehouse
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