Edgar O. Brown

Edgar O. Brown
	Brown pictured in The Topeka Daily Capital, 1915
Biographical details
Born	August 26, 1880; Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1937 (aged 56); Clarksville, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1907–1909	Wabash
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913	Parsons
1915–1916	Bethany (KS)
1917	Maryville (TN)
1919	Central (MO)
1920–1932	Arkansas Tech
1933	Ozarks (assistant)
1934–1935	Ozarks
Basketball
1920–1932	Arkansas Tech
Baseball
1923	Arkansas Tech
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930s	Ozarks
Head coaching record
Overall	108–46–17 (football); 63–54 (basketball); 1–4 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 AIC (1928, 1931)

Edgar Osborne Brown (August 26, 1880 – March 11, 1937)^[1] was an American football, basketball and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He coached at a number of colleges including Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa, Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, Central College—now known as Central Methodist University—in Fayette, Missouri and Arkansas Polytechnic College—now known as Arkansas Tech University—in Russellville, Arkansas. In the 1930s, Brown was the athletic director at the College of the Ozarks—now known as the University of the Ozarks—in Clarksville, Arkansas.^[2]

Playing career[edit]

Brown played college football at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1907 to 1909. He also lettered in baseball, basketball, and track and field at Wabash.^[3] He set intercollegiate records for the state of Indiana in the shot put and discus throw.^[4]^[5]

Brown was the head football coach at the Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1915 to 1916, compiling a record of 3–11–1.^[6]

Brown died on March 11, 1937, in Clarksville, after suffering a paralytic stroke.^[7]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Parsons (Independent) (1913)
1913	Parsons	3–3–2
Parsons:		3–3–2
Bethany Swedes (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915	Bethany	1–6	1–6	14th
1916	Bethany	2–6–1	2–5–1	T–12th
Bethany:		3–12–1	3–11–1
Maryville Scots (Independent) (1917)
1917	Maryville	7–3
Maryville:		7–3
Central Eagles (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919	Central	4–3	3–2	4th
Central:		4–3	3–2
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (Independent) (1920–1927)
1920	Arkansas Tech	4–0–2
1921	Arkansas Tech	7–0
1922	Arkansas Tech	8–1
1923	Arkansas Tech	6–1–1
1924	Arkansas Tech	6–1–2
1925	Arkansas Tech	7–2
1926	Arkansas Tech	6–2
1927	Arkansas Tech	5–3–1
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1932)
1928	Arkansas Tech	7–2		1st
1929	Arkansas Tech	4–4–1
1930	Arkansas Tech	5–2–2
1931	Arkansas Tech	7–1–2		1st
1932	Arkansas Tech	6–2–1
Arkansas Tech:		78–21–12
Ozarks Mountaineers (Independent) (1934–1935)
1934	Ozarks	7–2–1
1935	Ozarks	6–2–1
Ozarks:		13–4–2
Total:		108–46–17
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ Annual Register. University of Chicago. 1912. pp. 474, 623.
^ The Blue Book of College Athletics. F. Turbyville. 1935. p. 154. ISSN 0893-7737. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
^ "Former S. P. U. Coach Dies". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. Associated Press. March 12, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Introducing E. O. Brown, Coach of The Wonder Boys". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Little Rock, Arkansas. November 21, 1920. p. 18. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ The Wabash. Wabash College. 1906. p. 82.
^ DeLassus, David. "Bethany (KS) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
^ "Grim Reaper Ends Career of Coach". Kingsport Times. Kingsport, Tennessee. Associated Press. March 11, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

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