Ray B. Thomas
Biographical details | |
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Born | Berkshire, Vermont, U.S. | April 11, 1884
Died | August 5, 1931 St. Albans, Vermont, U.S. | (aged 47)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c.1905 | Brown |
c.1908 | Vermont |
Position(s) | Center[1] |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1909 | Vermont |
1910–1911 | New Hampshire |
Basketball | |
1910–1911 | New Hampshire |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–10–4 (football) 6–3 (basketball) |
Ray Brown Thomas (April 11, 1884 – August 5, 1931) was an American college athlete, coach of college football and college basketball, physician, and medical officer in the United States Army.
Biography
Thomas graduated from Burlington High School in Vermont, then Brown University in Rhode Island, and later earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont in 1910.[2] While at Brown, he played football, baseball, and basketball; he also played football at Vermont.[2][3]
Thomas served as the head football coach at Vermont in 1909 and at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts for the 1910 and 1911 seasons,[a] compiling a career college football record of 7–10–4. Thomas was also the head basketball coach at New Hampshire for one season, in 1910–11, tallying a mark of 6–3.
In 1911, he opened a medical office in
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Vermont Green and Gold (Independent) (1909) | |||||||||
1909 | Vermont | 4–2–2 | |||||||
Vermont: | 4–2–2 | ||||||||
New Hampshire (Independent) (1910–1911) | |||||||||
1910 | New Hampshire | 2–3–1 | |||||||
1911 | New Hampshire | 1–5–1 | |||||||
New Hampshire: | 3–8–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 7–10–4 |
Notes
- ^ The school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923 and adopted the Wildcats nickname in 1926.
References
- ^ The Ariel. Vol. XXIII. University of Vermont. 1910. p. 177. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via uvm.edu.
Varsity Football Team, Season of 1908
- ^ a b c d e f "Dr. R. B. Thomas, 47, of Enosburg Falls dies in St. Albans". Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vermont. August 6, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bits Of Sport". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. October 27, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Dr. Thomas, Athlete, Dies". Brattleboro Reformer. Brattleboro, Vermont. AP. August 5, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved April 25, 2020 – via newspapers.com.