Charlie Caldwell
American football and baseball player and coach
About Charlie Caldwell
Lived 1901 – 1957 (aged 56). Charlie Caldwell was an American baseball player and basketball coach.
Charles William Caldwell (August 2, 1901 – November 1, 1957) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Williams College for 15 seasons between 1928 and 1944 and at Princeton University from 1945 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 146–67–9. Caldwell was also the head basketball coach at Williams for ten seasons (1929–1939), tallying a mark of 78–66, and the head baseball coach at Williams (1931–1944) and Princeton (1945–1946), achieving a career college baseball record of 118–96. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1961.
Early life and playing career Caldwell was born in Bristol, Virginia on August 2, 1901. He attended Princeton University, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He played in the Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the New York Yankees in . In three career games, he had a 0–0 record, with a 16.88 ERA. He batted and threw right-handed.
Coaching career Caldwell coached three sports at Williams College. His record there was 76–37–6 in football, 78–66 in basketball, and 100–74 in baseball. Caldwell died in Princeton, New Jersey on November 1, 1957.
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American football and baseball player and coach
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Charlie Caldwell was born on 2 August 1901 in Bristol.
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Charlie Caldwell died on 1 November 1957 in Princeton.
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Charlie Caldwell was a baseball player and basketball coach.
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