Lamar Hoover

Chester Lamar Hoover (February 27, 1887 — December 18, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served two stints as the head football at Fairmount College—now known as Wichita State University—in Wichita, Kansas, from 1916 and 1917 and again from 1921 to 1922 and as head football coach at Oklahoma City University from 1923 to 1924.[1] Prior to coaching at Fairmount, Hoover attended Baker University, where he was regarded as one of their top athletes.[2] In the 1906–07 basketball season, Hoover, described as "one of the outstanding guards of the midlands", lead the Baker team to an undefeated season, under coach Phog Allen.[3]

Lamar Hoover
Biographical details
Born(1887-02-27)February 27, 1887
Peabody, Kansas
DiedDecember 18, 1944(1944-12-18) (aged 57)
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Alma materBaker University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916–1917Fairmount
1921–1922Fairmount
1923–1924Oklahoma City
Basketball
1916–1918Fairmount
1921–1923Fairmount
1923–1925Oklahoma City
Baseball
1917–1919Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall20–27–5 (football)
3–2 (baseball)

Hoover's final season at Fairmont began promisingly but ended with disappointing losses.[4]

Hoover was born in Peabody, Kansas and was a veteran of World War I. Hoover died on December 18, 1944, at Veterans' Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma.[5]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1916–1917)
1916 Fairmount 7–37–35th
1917 Fairmount 3–3–23–3–2T–7th
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1921–1922)
1921 Fairmount 5–2–14–2–15th
1922 Fairmount 3–6–13–5–111th
Fairmount: 18–14–417–13–4
Oklahoma City Goldbugs (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1923–1924)
1923 Oklahoma City 1–5–1
1924 Oklahoma City 1–8
Oklahoma City: 2–13–1
Total:20–27–5

References
  1. Wichita St. Coaching Records Archived September 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  5. "Chester Lamar Hoover". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. December 19, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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