| Victor M. Place | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 26, 1876 New Salem, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 16, 1923 (aged 46) Brookings, Oregon |
| Playing career | |
| 1900–1902 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1906–1907 1908 | Washington Notre Dame |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–6–6 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
Victor Morton Place (November 26, 1876 – June 16, 1923) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He played college football at Dartmouth College from 1900 to 1902, serving at the team captain in 1902.[citation needed] He served as the head football coach at the University of Washington from 1906 to 1907 and at the University of Notre Dame in 1908, compiling a career record of 16–6–6.[1] His single loss as Notre Dame's head coach was at an away game against the Michigan Wolverines, a significant football rival since 1887.[2]
The following is a description of the 1909 Notre Dame team from Michael Steele's The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia:
"Victor Place [Notre Dame's coach in 1908] was replaced by Frank Longman, a former fullback for Yost from 1903 to 1905. He had coached at Arkansas and Wooster; at Wooster he had beaten Ohio State, the first time in 18 tries for the small school. In picking Longman, Notre Dame signalled [sic] the end of the domination of eastern personnel and methods."
Place died at Brookings, Oregon in a logging accident in 1923.[3]
Early life and education[]
Place was born on November 26, 1876 in New Salem, Massachusetts. He earned an LLB from Harvard Law School in 1906.[4]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Washington | 4–1–4 | |||||||
| 1907 | Washington | 4–4–2 | |||||||
| Washington: | 8–5–6 | ||||||||
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Notre Dame | 8–1 | |||||||
| Notre Dame: | 8–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 16–6–6 | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "Victor M. Place Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1881. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ↑ Murray Sperber. Shake Down the Thunder: the Creation of Notre Dame Football. p. 29. ISBN 0-253-21568-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=lXGEcVjBET0C&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29. "For 1908, Victor M. Place came from Dartmouth and directed the team to an 8–1 record (the only loss was at Michigan), but he left after the season."
- ↑ "FOOTBALL STAR KILLED", Oneonta Daily Star, Wednesday, June 20, 1923, Oneonta, New York, United States Of America
- ↑ Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 418. http://www.archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00dart#page/418/mode/2up. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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