Claude Simons, Sr.

Claude Simons, Sr.

Simons (right) aids a player as Tulane trainer
Sport(s) Basketball, baseball, boxing, and track & field
Biographical details
Born 1887
Died 1943
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
19211928 Tulane (basketball)
19201923 Tulane (track)
19231946 Tulane (football trainer)
19301931 Tulane (basketball)

Claude M. "Monk" Simons, Sr. (18871943[1]) was an American college sports coach. He served as the head coach for the Tulane University baseball, basketball, track, and boxing teams, and as the Tulane football team trainer from 1926 until his death in 1943.[2][3] Simons was the head basketball coach from 1920 to 1928, and again for the 193031 season.[4]

He served as the track & field head coach from 1920 to 1923.[5] Simons led the Tulane basketball team to its best record in school history, 221 during the 19231924 season.[6] He also was the president of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union.[2] Simons was inducted into the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association Hall of Fame in 1962.[2] He was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978.[7]

Simons' son, Claude Simons, Jr., served as the Tulane football coach from 1942 to 1945.[8]

References

  1. NATA Hall of Fame, National Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Hall of Fame, Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association, retrieved June 27, 2010.
  3. TULANE GRIDDERS, ARMED WITH TWO RED APPLES, POINT COLUMBIA WAY, Herald-Journal, November 17, 1939.
  4. 20092010 Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF), p. 30, Tulane University, 2009.
  5. Tulane 2007 Cross Country 2008 Track & Field Media Guide, p. 33, Tulane University, 2007.
  6. Tulane Green Wave History: Men's Basketball, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  7. Tulane Athletic Hall of Fame, Tulane University, retrieved June 28, 2010.
  8. Claude Simons, Jr., College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 27, 2010.
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