Herschel Caldwell

Herschel Amos Caldwell (August 13, 1903 – July 31, 1989) was a college football player and coach.

Herschel Caldwell
Biographical details
Born(1903-08-13)August 13, 1903
Des Arc, Missouri
DiedJuly 31, 1989(1989-07-31) (aged 85)
Durham, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of Alabama
Playing career
1925-26Alabama
Position(s)End/Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927-29Sidney Lanier High School
1930-71Duke (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 National (as player) (1925, 1926)
Awards
All-Southern (1926)

University of Alabama

Caldwell was a prominent end and fullback for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama.

1925

He was a member of the first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl in 1925.

1926

He was selected All-Southern in 1926.[1] Caldwell made the extra point to tie Stanford in the Rose Bowl the next year.[2] Caldwell was called by one source "one of the greatest defensive backs the South has produced in years."[3] He also caught many balls thrown by Hoyt Winslett.[4]

Coaching career

Sidney Lanier High

He later coached, first at Sidney Lanier High School.[5]

Duke

Caldwell then coached under his former mentor Wade as an assistant at Duke. He remained in this capacity in one form or another, working from freshman coach to varsity end coach, for forty years.[6]

References
  1. "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
  2. "Stanford and Alabama Play Tie," The Oakland Tribune, January 2, 1927, p D-1; http://www.rosebowlhistory.org Archived March 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Many Faces Pass From Grid After Thanksgiving Fights". Hattiesburg American. November 23, 1926. p. 3.
  4. "Pasadena Clash Has National Grid Flavor". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 26, 1926. p. 13. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "In Memory".
  6. "Herschel A. Caldwell".
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