Claude E. Thornhill
Buffalo All-Americans | |
| Position(s) | Centre (line) |
|---|---|
| 1922–1932 | Stanford (line) |
| 1933–1939 | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 35–25–7 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Awards | |
| |
Claude Earl "Tiny" Thornhill (April 14, 1893 – June 30, 1956) was an
from 1933 to 1939.Playing career
Thornhill played college football at the
Coaching career
After leaving pro football, Thornhill returned to Pitt as an assistant coach to Warner. In 1922, Warner accepted the head coaching position at Stanford, but as he had two years to finish his contract at Pitt, sent Thornhill and Andrew Kerr ahead to coach Stanford in preparation of his arrival in 1924.[5]
Thornhill served as offensive line coach under Warner until 1933, when Warner left Stanford to take the head coaching job at
After the first three seasons, Thornhill's teams went steadily downhill, culminating in a 1–7–1 season in 1939, after which Thornhill was fired and replaced by Clark Shaughnessy.
Thornhill died in Berkeley, California in 1956 of a heart ailment.[6] He was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Indians (Pacific Coast Conference) (1933–1939) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Stanford | 8–2–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | L Rose | ||||
| 1934 | Stanford | 9–1–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Rose | 4 | |||
| 1935 | Stanford | 8–1 | 4–1 | T–1st | W Rose | ||||
| 1936 | Stanford | 2–5–2 | 2–3–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1937 | Stanford | 4–3–2 | 4–2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Stanford | 3–6 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1939 | Stanford | 1–7–1 | 0–6–1 | 9th | |||||
| Stanford: | 35–25–7 | 21–18–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 35–25–7 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ Effrat, Louis (November 25, 1937). "30 Determined Stanford Athletes Arrive for Battle With Columbia". New York Times.
- ^ "Profile". Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
- ^ "Claude Thornhill". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
- ^ "Pitt Football's All-Time First Team All-Americans". PittsburghPanthers.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
- ^ "Pop Warner". Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
- ^ "Tiny Thornhill, Coach, 63, Dead". The New York Times. July 1, 1956.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference