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Forrest Craver was the second head coach at Dickinson College and its first player to become head coach.

Forrest Eugene "Cap" Craver (September 24, 1875-October 18, 1958) was a college football player and coach and athletic director who helped to pioneer physical education programs at the collegiate level including the introduction of intramural sports.^[1]

Craver served as the fifth and fourteenth head football (American) coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.^[2] He held that position for a total of five seasons, first coaching the team for the 1904 season and then returning to coach the team from 1918 until 1921.^[3] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 21 wins, 18 losses, and 6 ties.^[4] This ranks him seventh at Dickinson in terms of total wins and tenth at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. ^[5]

Craver was the first graduate of Dickinson to coach football at Dickinson.^[6] His teams would often scrimmage against the cross-town rivals Carlisle Indians coached by Pop Warner.^[7]

Academics

Craver was a long-standing faculty member at Dickinson^[8] as instructor of mathematics, Latin, and physical education.^[9] The school has honored his memory by annually awarding the "The Forrest E. Craver Mathematics Prize" to selected graduates.^[10] He was a long-standing member of the Phi Beta Kappa organization at Dickinson^[11] and was the local chapter's treasurer from 1910 until 1939.^[12]

References

^ Dickinson Chronicles "Forrest E. Craver 1875-1958" by Cynthia Mackey
^ “The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.
^ Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
^ Dickinson College: A History by Charles Coleman Sellers, Middletown, CT. Wesleyan University Press, 1973
^ http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf
^ Chronicles of Dickinson College Forrest Eugene Craver (1875-1958)
^ New York Times "Dickinson Plays with Indians" October 2, 1913
^ The Newark Advocate Monday, October 20, 1958
^ The Microcosm 1911 Dickinson College Yearbook
^ Dickinson College Other Honors
^ Phi Beta Kappa Handbook and General Address Catalogue of the United Chapters By Phi Beta Kappa, Eben Burt Parsons, Published by Walden & Crawley, 1900
^ Dickinson College Chronicles Alpah of Pennsylvania Centennial History (1887-1986)

[1] Dickinson Chronicles "Forrest E. Craver 1875-1958" by Cynthia Mackey

[2] “The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.

[3] Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"

[4] Dickinson College: A History by Charles Coleman Sellers, Middletown, CT. Wesleyan University Press, 1973

[5] ttp://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf

[6] Chronicles of Dickinson College Forrest Eugene Craver (1875-1958)

[7] New York Times "Dickinson Plays with Indians" October 2, 1913

[8] The Newark Advocate Monday, October 20, 1958

[9] The Microcosm 1911 Dickinson College Yearbook

[10] Dickinson College Other Honors

[11] Phi Beta Kappa Handbook and General Address Catalogue of the United Chapters By Phi Beta Kappa, Eben Burt Parsons, Published by Walden & Crawley, 1900

[12] Dickinson College Chronicles Alpah of Pennsylvania Centennial History (1887-1986)

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