Joseph Chalmers Ewing (June 1, 1875 – April 5, 1965) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
and
baseball
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coach. He served as the head football coach at
Colorado College
Colorado College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approxi ...
from 1900 to 1901 and
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the ...
in 1902, compiling a career
college football coaching record of 2–4–2. Ewing was also the first head baseball coach at Baylor, coaching the 1902 season and tallying a mark of 5–9.
Ewing married Louise Woodward Currier on October 29, 1903, in
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, Weld County, Colorado, ...
. He later worked as a lawyer in Greeley.
Head coaching record
Football
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1875 births
1965 deaths
Baylor Bears baseball coaches
Baylor Bears football coaches
Chicago Maroons football players
Colorado College Tigers football coaches
Colorado lawyers
People from Gibson City, Illinois
Players of American football from Illinois
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