J. Merrill Blanchard
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Winterport, Maine | April 26, 1881
Died |
April 3, 1914 32)[1] Williamsburg, Virginia | (aged
Alma mater | Bowdoin College (1903)[2] |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1902 | Bowdoin |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1904–1905 | William & Mary |
1906–1907 | Washington University |
1908–1909 | Whitman |
1910 | William & Mary |
Basketball | |
1905–1906 | William & Mary |
1906–1908 | Washington University |
Baseball | |
1905–1906 | William & Mary |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
6–14–2 (football) 14–7 (basketball) |
Jesse Merrill Blanchard (April 26, 1881 – April 3, 1914) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1904–1905, 1910), Washington University in St. Louis (1906–1907), and Whitman College (1908–1909).
Playing career
Blanchard played college football as a quarterback at Bowdoin College.[3]
Coaching career
Blanchard was the first head coach of the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team, in 1905–06.[4] In the inaugural season of William & Mary's basketball program, Blanchard led the team to a 4–1 record.[4] It was his first and last season with the Tribe despite the success. Blanchard also coached the William & Mary football team from 1904 to 1905 and again in 1910, compiling a record of 6–14–2.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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William & Mary Orange and White (Independent) (1904–1905) | |||||||||
1904 | William & Mary | 3–3 | |||||||
1905 | William & Mary | 2–4–1 | |||||||
Washington University Bears (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906–Independent) | |||||||||
1906 | Washington University | 2–1 | |||||||
Washington University Bears (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1907) | |||||||||
1907 | Washington University | 1–5 | 0–1 | 5th | |||||
Washington University: | 3–6 | 0–1 | |||||||
Whitman Fighting Missionaries (?) (1908–1909) | |||||||||
1908 | Whitman | ?–? | |||||||
1909 | Whitman | ?–? | |||||||
Whitman: | ?–? | ||||||||
William & Mary Orange and White (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910) | |||||||||
1910 | William & Mary | 1–7–1 | 1–1 | T–7th | |||||
William & Mary: | 6–14–2 | 1–1 | |||||||
Total: |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1905–1906) | |||||||||
1905–06 | William & Mary | 4–1 | |||||||
William & Mary: | 4–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 4–1 |
References
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- ↑
- ↑ "J. Merrill Blanchard Will Coach Whitman". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 13, 1908. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- 1 2 William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08. Accessed March 24, 2008.
- ↑ William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.