Charles Bliven "Chick" Mason (August 23, 1873 – January 10, 1935) was an American

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

player and coach and lawyer. Mason's first coaching job was for Kentucky State College—now known as the

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—in 1895, where he posted a record of 4–5. His next job was as the sixth head football coach at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

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; he held that position for three seasons, from 1897 until 1898 and again in 1901. His record at Colgate was 9–12–1. He was a member of the

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

class of 1895. Mason played football at Cornell, where he was a teammate of

Clint Wyckoff Clinton Randolph Wyckoff (September 4, 1874 – August 16, 1947) was an American college football player, and the first consensus All-American not from Yale, Harvard, Princeton or Penn. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 197 ...

and

George P. Dyer George Palmer Dyer (February 7, 1876 – June 22, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1896, compiling a record of 3–2–1. Dyer played at Cornell Univers ...

. He later practiced law in

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. Mason died at his home, in Utica, on January 10, 1935.

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