Benjamin Chase Edwards (October 21, 1865 – November 2, 1950)[4] was the third head football coach for the Illinois State Redbirds in Normal, Illinois and he held that position for the 1897 season. His overall coaching record at ISU was 1 wins, 5 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 19th at ISU in terms of total wins and 19th at ISU in terms of winning percentage.[5]
 Edwards pictured in The Index 1898, Illinois State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1865 Bloomingburg, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 1950 (aged 85) Troy, Montana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Boston School of Oratory (Emerson) (1892–96)[1][2] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1903–04)[3] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1897 | Illinois State |
| Basketball | |
| 1898–1902 | Illinois State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–5 (football) 14–2 (basketball) |
He taught reading, gymnastics and physical culture at the university from 1896 to 1903.[6] He later lived in Cassia County, Idaho and Montana. He married Anna Blake Cunningham of Normal, Illinois (born 1869) on October 30, 1907 at Burley, Idaho.
Edwards died at his son's home in Troy, Montana in 1950. He was interred at Conrad Memorial Cemetery. He was survived by two sons, John Gifford and Donald M. and a daughter, Helen Edwards.[7] His wife, Anna died in 1955 at Burley, Idaho, aged 86.[8]
References
edit- ^ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the eBook Semi-centennial history of the Illinois State Normal University, 1857-1907 by Illinois State Normal University online for free (page 5 of 43)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ^ Marshall, H.E. (1956). Grandest of Enterprises: Illinois State Normal University, 1857-1957. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ^ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the eBook University of Illinois directory, listing the 35,000 persons who have ever been connected with the Urbana-Champaign departments, including officers of instruction and administration and 1397 deceased by Illinois. University online for free (page 44 of 191)". ebooksread.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ^ University of Illinois Archives. Record Series 25/3/17-14, Student Ledger Card for Ben Chase Edwards
- ^ Illinois State Coaching Records Archived November 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "Ben C. Edwards Dies at Troy", The Daily Inter Lake, November 3, 1950, Kalispell
- ^ "Anna Edwards", ''The Daily Inter Lake, September 6, 1955, Kalispell, Montana