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Tommy Code

1873 – 1956

American football player and coach

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Lived 1873 – 1956 (aged 82). Tommy Code was an American head coach and american football player.

Thomas Kimball Code (April 13, 1873 – January 28, 1956) was an American college football player at Stanford University and football coach at Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College.

Career Code grew up in San Francisco, where he attended Lowell High School. He went on to play college football at Stanford where he was the quarterback in the first Big Game against Cal.

In 1896, the 23-year old Code became the fourth head coach of Oregon Agricultural College (today's Oregon State University) in the program's first four seasons. According to a local news account, Code arrived in Corvallis to coach the team on Monday, September 28. Code would only coach the Aggies for a period of two weeks, after which he was sent home to California as what was deemed an "unnecessary expense," with OAC professor Fulton and halfback Brady Burnett taking over the actual coaching duties. During the 1896 season, the Aggies compiled a record of 1–2.

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Education
Stanford University
Also known as
Thomas Kimball Code

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Tommy Code's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Tommy Code?

American football player and coach (1873-1956)

When was Tommy Code born?

Tommy Code was born on 13 April 1873 in California.

When did Tommy Code die?

Tommy Code died on 28 January 1956 in San Francisco.

What was Tommy Code's occupation?

Tommy Code was a head coach and american football player.

What nationality was Tommy Code?

Tommy Code was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tommy Code

· Wikidata: Q7819311

· DBpedia: Tommy Code

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