Charles Tallman

Charles Cameron "Trusty" Tallman (September 18, 1899 – November 16, 1973), a Boone and Lincoln family descendent.[1]He was an American football player and, coach of football and basketball, and law enforcement officer, with a law degree from West Virginia University He served as the head football coach at Marshall University from 1925 to 1928 and at West Virginia University from 1934 to 1936, compiling a career college football record of 37–21–9. Tallman was also the head basketball coach at Marshall during the 1925–26 season, tallying a mark of 10–7. He was elected into the Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2020. Tallman was the only person in West Virginia history to be player, assistant coach, and head coach at both Marshall University and West Virginia University. He was named All-American football player at West Virginia University in 1922., and has been recognized as one of the all time great West Virginia University players(pre-1930 teams). He resigned after the 1936 season to become the Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police.[2] Tallman was also a member of the West Virginia Legislature, representing Mason County, West Virginia[3] He later worked for DuPont, and was head of security, Manhattan Project- Hanford Washington, where the plutonium for the Nagasaki atomic bomb was produced. Tallman retired from the Savannah River Plant nuclear facility in 1964. He lived in Augusta, Georgia, where he died on November 16, 1973.[4]

Charles Tallman
Tallman pictured in The Monticola 1934, West Virginia yearbook
Biographical details
Born{{Birth date| September 18, 1899
Tariff, West Virginia
Died{{Death date and age 11/16/73, age 74
Augusta, Georgia
Playing career
Football
1920–1923West Virginia
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924West Virginia (assistant)
1925–1928Marshall
1929–1933West Virginia (freshmen)
1934–1936West Virginia
Basketball
1925–1926Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall37–21–9 (football)
10–7 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 WVIAC (1925, 1928)
Awards
All-American, 1923

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding
Marshall Thundering Herd (West Virginia Athletic Conference) (1925–1928)
1925 Marshall 4–1–43–0–21st
1926 Marshall 5–4–13–1
1927 Marshall 5–3–14–1
1928 Marshall 8–1–15–01st
Marshall: 22–9–715–2–2
West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1934–1936)
1934 West Virginia 6–4
1935 West Virginia 3–4–2
1936 West Virginia 6–4
West Virginia: 15–12–2
Total:37–21–9
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  2. "Glenn Named Grid Coach". The Pittsburgh Press. July 2, 1937. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. "W. VA. SELECTS TALLMAN.; Names Member of State Legislature Football Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. February 17, 1934. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  4. "Ex-safety head dies in Georgia". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. United Press International. November 19, 1973. p. 13. Retrieved December 4, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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