Marcellus Deming "Mark" Nave (born April 3, 1880) was an American college football coach. He was sixth head football at the Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin and he held that position for three seasons, from 1901 until 1903. His coaching record at Carroll was.[2]

Mark D. Nave
Biographical details
Born(1880-04-03)April 3, 1880
Indiana, U.S.
Alma materWabash College[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1901–1903Carroll (WI)
Head coaching record
Overall8–7–4

Discontinuation of 1903 edit

Carroll college did not field a team in 1903 due to an abundance of injuries during football practice. Five students were injured in a ten-day period.[3] The incident was deemed so severe that the school chose to forbid the game. The decision was made after voting first by the football team and then of the students of the college.[4] At first, both the players and students voted to keep playing against the wishes of the faculty. The student body eventually gave in to the faculty demands and the team was forced to disband.[5]

The team reorganized and play picked back up for the next season in 1904 with former head coach John D. Schwender returning to the post.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Wisconsin Presbyterian Review". 1903.
  2. ^ Carroll College/University Athletics Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine Football results
  3. ^ St. John Daily Sun "Football Forbidden" October 20, 1903
  4. ^ The Washington Post "Wisconsin College Bars Football" October 18, 1903
  5. ^ Chicago Daily Tribune "Ban Put On Football" October 17, 1903
  6. ^ The Waukesha Freeman Archived 2008-10-26 at the Wayback Machine "Foot Ball Team Reorganizes" September 29, 1904