Norman G. Wann

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Norman G. Wann
Wann pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1882-07-08)July 8, 1882
Silverwood, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJuly 23, 1957(1957-07-23) (aged 75)
Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1905Earlham
Position(s)
Millikin
1927Ball Teachers
Tennis
1932–1953Detroit City College / Wayne
Head coaching record
Overall74–40–10 (football)
128–79 (basketball)
43–39 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
3 IIAC (1916, 1919, 1920)
1 MWC (1922)

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882 – July 23, 1957) was an American

Millikin College (1915–1917, 1919–1922), Earlham College (1923–1924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—now Ball State University (1926–1927), and the College of the City of Detroit—now Wayne State University (1929–1931), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 74–40–10. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (1908–1910), Millikin (1915–1918, 1919–1923), and Earlham (1923–1925), amassing a career college basketball record of 128–79. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (1909–1910), Millikin (1916–1918, 1920–1921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball
mark of 43–39.

Wann attended

lineman and ran track. He left campus in 1908 one credit short of his BBS degree, which he did not receive until 1922. Earlham served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. In 1929, he earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin. After his retirement from coaching, he moved to Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan. He died there on July 23, 1957.[1] Three years earlier, in 1954, he was inducted into Earlham's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1986, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
) (1908–1909)
1908 Ottawa 3–4
1909 Ottawa 6–1–1
Ottawa: 9–5–1
) (1915–1917)
1915 Millikin 5–2–1
1916 Millikin 8–0–1 1st
1917 Millikin 7–1
) (1919–1921)
1919 Millikin 9–0 1st
1920 Millikin 9–0 T–1st
1921 Millikin 5–2–1
) (1922)
1922 Millikin 3–4–2 2–2–1 / 1–0 T–9th / T–1st
Millikin: 47–9–5
Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923 Earlham 2–5
1924 Earlham 4–3–1
Earlham: 6–8–1
Muncie Normal / Ball Teachers Hoosieroons (Independent) (1926–1927)
1926 Muncie Normal 5–1–1
1927 Ball Teachers 5–2–1
Muncie Normal / Ball Teachers: 10–3–2
Detroit City College Tartars (Michigan Collegiate Conference) (1929–1930)
1929 Detroit City College 2–7 1–2 3rd
1930 Detroit City College 0–9 0–3 4th
Detroit City College Tartars (Independent) (1931)
1931 Detroit City College 0–6–1
Detroit City College: 2–15–1 1–5
Total: 74–40–10
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  2. ^ "Hall of Fame: Norman G. Wann". Wayne State University Athletics. Wayne State University. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

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