Biographical details | |
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Born | Grant County, Indiana, U.S. | August 8, 1870
Died | June 3, 1946 75) Glendale, California, U.S. | (aged
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1914 | Michigan State Normal |
Football | |
1914–1915 | Michigan State Normal |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–2–1 (football) 9–4 (basketball) |
Thomas Harvey Ransom (August 8, 1870 – June 3, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach and a doctor.
Career
Ransom was the head football coach at Michigan State Normal College—now known as Eastern Michigan University—in Ypsilanti, Michigan, serving for the 1914 season, and compiling a record of 3–2–1.[1][2] He was also the head basketball coach at Michigan State Normal for the 1914–15 season, tallying a mark of 9–4.
Ransom, who had an M.D., resided at 950 Sheridan Street in Ypsilanti when he worked at the university.[3] He had previously resided at Bloomingdale, where he was one of the first citizens to own a car.[4][5] In addition to having the position as instructor in Physical Education, Ransom was also a health inspector at the school.[6]
Personal life
Born in Grant County, Indiana[7] in 1870, Ransom married Nelle Pearl Wiggins on April 2, 1902. He died on June 3, 1946, in California.[8]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Michigan State Normal Normalites (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914) | |||||||||
1914 | Michigan State Normal | 3–2–1 | 1–0–1 | ||||||
Michigan State Normal: | 3–2–1 | 1–0–1 | |||||||
Total: | 3–2–1 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Michigan State Normal Normalites (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914–1915) | |||||||||
1914–15 | Michigan State Normal | 9–4 | |||||||
Michigan State Normal: | 9–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 9–4 |
References
- ↑ "Football Bowl Subdivision: Eastern Michigan University Directory". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Eastern Michigan Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ↑ Year book of the Michigan State Normal College for ...: Including register of students, also announcements for. Yearbook of the Michigan State Normal College. The College.
- ↑ "Bloomingdaletwp".
- ↑ "Journal". 1914.
- ↑ Year book of the Michigan State Normal College for ...: Including register of students, also announcements for. Yearbook of the Michigan State Normal College. The College.
- ↑ Rowland, Oran W. (1912). A History of Van Buren County, Michigan. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 904.
- ↑ "The Michigan Alumnus". 1946.