Dwight Thoburn Ream (March 23, 1892 – November 20, 1954) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 16th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for two seasons, from 1920 to 1921, and compiling a record of 8–7–4.[1][2] In the 1920 game against Kansas Normal under coach Homer Woodson Hargiss, Kansas Normal fullback Jack Reeves sustained a neck injury that resulted in his death.[3] Ream was also the head basketball coach at Washburn in 1921–22, tallying a mark of 8–9.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1892 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 1954 (aged 62) Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Washburn |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1922 | Washburn |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1921–1922 | Washburn |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–7–4 (football) 8–9 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 KCAC (1920) | |
Ream died after a long illness (heart ailment) in 1954.[4][5]
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Ichabods (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Washburn | 4–2–3 | 4–0–2 | T–1st | |||||
| 1921 | Washburn | 3–5–1 | 3–3–1 | T–8th | |||||
| Washburn: | 7–7–4 | 7–3–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–7–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ Kappa Sigma (1921). Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. Vol. 37. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ^ Washburn University Sports
- ^ The Woodville Republican "Accidents" November 27, 1920
- ^ Hutchinson News Herald, November 21, 1954, Hutchinson, Kansas
- ^ Bakersfield Californian,, November 22, 1954, Bakersfield, California
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