Thomas Cochran (banker)
Thomas Cochran | |
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Born | Thomas Cochran March 20, 1871 Liberty National Bank of New York J.P. Morgan & Co. |
Known for | Addison Gallery of American Art |
Spouse | Martha (Andrews) Cochran |
Parent(s) | Thomas Cochran Emilie Belden (Walsh) Cochran |
Thomas Cochran (March 20, 1871 – October 29, 1936) was an American banker and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota for the 1894 Golden Gophers season, leading the team to a 3–1 record. He was the second Yale University graduate to coach at Minnesota, following his predecessor, Wallace Winter. The Minnesota football program was suffering financially, so Cochran delivered lectures titled "Football as Played in the East" at locations around the nation to help raise money.[1]: 312
Life and career
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on March 20, 1871, Cochran was the son of a lawyer and real-estate broker in New York and Saint Paul. He was educated at Phillips Academy Andover and at Yale University, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record and a member of the Skull and Bones society.[2]
Cochran was the vice-president of the
Cochran died of a heart attack, October 29, 1936, at his home in Bedford, New York.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Minnesota Golden Gophers (Independent) (1894) | |||||||||
1894 | Minnesota | 3–1 | |||||||
Minnesota: | 3–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 3–1 |
References
- ^ University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics (2004). Jeff Keiser; Shane Sanderfeld (eds.). Minnesota Football 2004 Media Guide. University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Communications.
- ^ "Thomas Cochran". Obituary Record of Graduates Of Yale University: Deceased During the Year 1936-1937. New Haven: Yale University. December 1, 1937. p. 64.
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