Enoch Walter Sikes (May 19, 1868 – January 8, 1941) 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.
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player and coach, professor, state senator, and university president. He served as the head football coach at
Wake Forest University from 1891 to 1893, compiling a record of 6–2–1. Sikes taught history and political economics at Wake Forest from 1897 to 1916. He served one term in the
North Carolina Senate, representing
Wake County in 1911. Sikes was the president of
Coker College from 1916 to 1925 and the president of
Clemson University from 1925 until his retirement in 1940 He died of a heart attack on January 8, 1941, in
Clemson, South Carolina.
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1868 births
1941 deaths
19th-century American educators
19th-century players of American football
20th-century American academics
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Presidents of Clemson University
Coker University people
Johns Hopkins University alumni
North Carolina state senators
Wake Forest University faculty
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football coaches
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football players
Coaches of American football from North Carolina
Players of American football from Union County, North Carolina
Educators from North Carolina
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