Marchmont Schwartz

Marchmont Schwartz
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1909-03-20)March 20, 1909
New Orleans, Louisiana
Died April 18, 1991(1991-04-18) (aged 82)
Danville, California
Playing career
19291931 Notre Dame
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
19321933 Notre Dame (assistant)
1934 Chicago (assistant)
19351939 Creighton
19401941 Stanford (backfield)
19421950 Stanford
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
19351939 Creighton
Head coaching record
Overall 47506
Bowls 10

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MVC (1936)
Awards
All-American, 1930
All-American, 1931
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1974 (profile)

Marchmont H. "Marchie" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 April 18, 1991) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47506; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.

Early life and playing career

Schwartz was of Jewish heritage,[1] and was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College prep school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 190 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.

Coaching career

Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy.[2] In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.[3]

Death

Schwartz died on April 18, 1991 in Danville, California, aged 82.[4]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP#
Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference) (1935–1939)
1935 Creighton 351 221 3rd
1936 Creighton 44 30 T1st
1937 Creighton 27 03 7th
1938 Creighton 611 101 3rd
1939 Creighton 45 24 6th
Creighton: 19222 8112
Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1942–1950)
1942 Stanford 64 52 3rd 12
1943 No teamWorld War II
1944 No teamWorld War II
1945 No teamWorld War II
1946 Stanford 631 331 5th
1947 Stanford 09 07 10th
1948 Stanford 46 34 5th
1949 Stanford 731 42 T3rd W Pineapple
1950 Stanford 532 222 T4th
Stanford: 28284
Total: 47506
#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

  1. Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid, Associated Press, January 18, 1934.
  2. NEA Staff, Stanford Alumni Change Tune, The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
  3. AP (April 20, 1991). "Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82". The New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2011.

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