Thomas Dowler

Thomas Dowler
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Born	(1903-07-03)July 3, 1903 Erie, Pennsylvania^[1]
Died	December 6, 1986(1986-12-06) (aged 83) Fulton County, Georgia
Playing career
Football
1930–1931	Colgate
Basketball
1928–1931	Colgate
Baseball
1930	Colgate
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935	William & Mary
1939–1940	Akron
Basketball
1934–1937	William & Mary
1939–1940	Akron
Head coaching record
Overall	10–13–5 (football) 30–43 (basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Thomas Moran "Spook" Dowler^[2] (July 3, 1903 – December 6, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary in 1935 and at the University of Akron in 1939 and 1940, compiling a career college football record of 10–13–5. Dowler also coached the William & Mary men's basketball team from 1934 to 1937^[3] and the Akron Zips men's basketball team in 1939–40, tallying a career college basketball mark of 30–43. Dowler played football, basketball, and baseball at Colgate University. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the NFL for 2 games in 1931.^[4]

Coaching career

William & Mary had not yet joined an athletic conference during Dowler's first two seasons as head basketball coach, but for his third and final season, the Tribe had become a member of the Southern Conference. Dowler holds the dubious distinction of being the only men's basketball coach in school history to guide his team to a winless season. The Tribe went 0–13 in conference play and 0–18 overall during the 1936–37 season. Dowler went 21–29 over his three years at William & Mary.^[3] He finished his one-year stint as basketball coach at Akron with a 9–14 record.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William & Mary Indians (Virginia Conference) (1935)
1935	William & Mary	3–4–3	1–1–1	1st
William & Mary:		3–4–3
Akron Zippers (Independent) (1939–1940)
1939	Akron	5–4
1940	Akron	2–5–2
Akron:		7–9–2
Total:		10–13–5

References

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1 2 William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08. Accessed March 24, 2008.
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External links

Thomas Dowler at the College Football Data Warehouse
Thomas Dowler at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

William & Mary Tribe men's basketball head coaches

J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1917)
Harry Young (1917–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
L. Tucker Jones (1928–1929)
John Kellison (1929–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1934–1937)
John Kellison (1937–1939)
Dwight Stuessy (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1945–1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1946–1947)
Barney Wilson (1947–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1951–1952)
Boydson Baird (1952–1957)
Bill Chambers (1957–1966)
Warren Mitchell (1966–1972)
Ed Ashnault (1972–1974)
George Balanis (1974–1977)
Bruce Parkhill (1977–1983)
Barry Parkhill (1983–1987)
Chuck Swenson (1987–1994)
Charlie Woollum (1994–2000)
Rick Boyages (2000–2003)
Tony Shaver (2003–)

William & Mary Tribe head football coaches

No coach (1893)
John W. Wright (1894)
No team (1895)
Bill Armstrong (1896)
W. J. King (1897–1898)
William H. Burke (1899)
W. J. King (1900)
No coach (1901–1902)
H. J. Davall (1903)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1904–1905)
H. W. Withers (1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
George E. O'Hearn (1908–1909)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1910)
William J. Young (1911–1912)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1915)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916)
Harry Young (1917)
Vernon Geddy (1918)
James G. Driver (1919–1920)
Bill Fincher (1921)
Bill Ingram (1922)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1927)
Branch Bocock (1928–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1935)
Branch Bocock (1936–1938)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1942)
No team (1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1950)
Marvin Bass (1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1956)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
Marv Levy (1964–1968)
Lou Holtz (1969–1971)
Jim Root (1972–1979)
Jimmye Laycock (1980– )

Akron Zips head football coaches

No coach (1891)
Frank Cook (1892)
John Heisman (1893–1894)
No coach (1895)
Harry Wilson (1896)
No team (1897–1898)
Archie Eves (1899)
No coach (1900)
No team (1901)
Forest Firestone (1902)
Alfred W. Place (1903)
No team (1904–1907)
Dwight Bradley (1908)
Clarence Weed (1909)
Frank Haggerty (1910–1914)
Fred Sefton (1915–1923)
James W. Coleman (1924–1925)
George Babcock (1926)
Red Blair (1927–1935)
Jim Aiken (1936–1938)
Thomas Dowler (1939–1940)
Otis Douglas (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Paul Baldacci (1946–1947)
William Houghton (1948–1951)
Kenneth Cochrane (1952–1953)
Joe McMullen (1954–1960)
Gordon K. Larson (1961–1972)
Jim Dennison (1973–1985)
Gerry Faust (1986–1994)
Lee Owens (1995–2003)
J. D. Brookhart (2004–2009)
Rob Ianello (2010–2011)
Terry Bowden (2012– )

Akron Zips men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1904)
Earl Williams (1904–1908)
Dwight Bradley (1908)
Walter East (1908–1909)
Clarence Weed (1909–1910)
Frank Haggerty (1910–1915)
Fred Sefton (1915–1924)
James W. Coleman (1924–1925)
Fred Sefton (1925–1927)
Red Blair (1927–1936)
Paul Bixler (1936–1939)
Thomas Dowler (1939–1940)
Russell Beichly (1940–1959)
Tony Laterza (1959–1968)
Wyatt Webb (1968–1975)
Alex Adams (1975–1976)
Ken Cunningham (1976–1980)
Bob Rupert (1980–1984)
Bob Huggins (1984–1989)
Coleman Crawford (1989–1995)
Dan Hipsher (1995–2004)
Keith Dambrot (2004– )

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