Clarence Leroy "Bags" Wanamaker was an American ice hockey player and coach who was active in the 1910s and 1920s.

Career

Wanamaker began attending

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in the fall of 1911 and played for the freshman ice hockey team. While catching for the baseball team, he jumped up to the varsity ice hockey squad just in time for the arrival of

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as head coach and led the team in scoring when it set a new program record with an 8–2 record. He followed that up with a 20-goal season while Dartmouth was again near the top of the college hockey world. In his senior season the

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only posted 6 goals and the team finished with a losing record, but they were able to finally get wins over both

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and

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. After graduating Wanamaker signed a contract with the

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as a catcher but he never appeared in a game for the club. Wanamaker returned to his alma mater to serve as head coach after Roque left and remained with the program until 1920. In 1921 he became the head coach for

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and led a renaissance for the program, winning back-to-back Intercollegiate Championships in

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and

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. The two titles were the catalyst for convincing

to promote the ice hockey team to 'major' status in 1926. After a runner-up finish in 1928 Wanamaker resigned and turned over coaching duties to one of his former players, Lawrence Noble. The 18 wins Yale earned in 1924 were a program record for over 60 years.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Note: Assists were not recorded as an official statistic.

Head coaching record

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanamaker, Clarence 1892 births 1979 deaths American men's ice hockey centers Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey coaches Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey players Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts People from Wakefield, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey coaches Ice hockey players from Massachusetts