Clarence Wanamaker
Biographical details
Born(1892-08-03)August 3, 1892
Wakefield, MA, USA
DiedOctober 28, 1979(1979-10-28) (aged 87)
Great Barrington, MA, USA
Alma materDartmouth College
Playing career
1912–1915Dartmouth
Position(s)Rover
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1915–1920Dartmouth
1921–1928Yale
Head coaching record
Overall97–57–4 (.627)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1924 THL Championship
1924 East Intercollegiate Championship
1925 THL Championship
1925 East Intercollegiate Championship

Clarence Leroy "Bags" Wanamaker was an American ice hockey player and coach who was active in the 1910s and 1920s.[1]

Career

Wanamaker began attending Dartmouth College in the fall of 1911 and played for the freshman ice hockey team. While catching for the baseball team, he jumped up to the varsity ice hockey squad just in time for the arrival of Fred Rocque as head coach and led the team in scoring when it set a new program record with an 8–2 record. He followed that up with a 20-goal season while Dartmouth was again near the top of the college hockey world. In his senior season the Rover only posted 6 goals and the team finished with a losing record, but they were able to finally get wins over both Princeton and Harvard.

After graduating Wanamaker signed a contract with the New York Giants as a catcher but he never appeared in a game for the club.[2] Wanamaker returned to his alma mater to serve as head coach after Roque left and remained with the program until 1920.[3] In 1921 he became the head coach for Yale and led a renaissance for the program, winning back-to-back Intercollegiate Championships in 1924 and 1925.[4] The two titles were the catalyst for convincing Yale to promote the ice hockey team to 'major' status in 1926. After a runner-up finish in 1928 Wanamaker resigned and turned over coaching duties to one of his former players, Lawrence Noble.

The 18 wins Yale earned in 1924 were a program record for over 60 years.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1912–13DartmouthNCAA —12—12— —————
1913–14DartmouthNCAA —20—20— —————
1914–15DartmouthNCAA —6—6— —————
NCAA totals —38—38— —————

Note: Assists were not recorded as an official statistic.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Dartmouth (Independent) (1915–1920)
1915–16 Dartmouth 6–5–0
1916–17 Dartmouth 7–3–0
1917–18 Dartmouth 2–4–0
1919–20 Dartmouth 6–4–0
Dartmouth: 21–16–0
Yale Bulldogs (Triangular Hockey League) (1921–1926)
1921–22 Yale 9–10–02–2–02nd
1922–23 Yale 9–6–03–3–02nd
1923–24 Yale 18–4–14–1–01st
1924–25 Yale 14–1–14–1–01st
1925–26 Yale 4–9–10–4–03rd
Yale: 54–39–313–11–0
Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1926–1928)
1926–27 Yale 8–7–1
1927–28 Yale 14–4–0
Yale: 22–11–1
Total:97–57–4

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "Clarence Wanamaker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "CATCHER FOR THE GIANTS.; Clarence Wanamaker of Dartmouth to Sign Contract". New York Times. June 23, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dartmouth Hockey Coach". New York Times. December 2, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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