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Forrest Eugene "Cap" Craver (September 24, 1875-October 18, 1958) was a college football player and coach and athletic director who helped to pioneer physical education programs at the collegiate level including the introduction of intramural sports.[1]
Craver served as the fifth and fourteenth head football (American) coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[2] He held that position for a total of five seasons, first coaching the team for the 1904 season and then returning to coach the team from 1918 until 1921.[3] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 21 wins, 18 losses, and 6 ties.[4] This ranks him seventh at Dickinson in terms of total wins and tenth at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. [5]
Craver was the first graduate of Dickinson to coach football at Dickinson.[6] His teams would often scrimmage against the cross-town rivals Carlisle Indians coached by Pop Warner.[7]
Academics[edit]
Craver was a long-standing faculty member at Dickinson[8] as instructor of mathematics, Latin, and physical education.[9] The school has honored his memory by annually awarding the "The Forrest E. Craver Mathematics Prize" to selected graduates.[10] He was a long-standing member of the Phi Beta Kappa organization at Dickinson[11] and was the local chapter's treasurer from 1910 until 1939.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Dickinson Chronicles "Forrest E. Craver 1875-1958" by Cynthia Mackey
- ^ “The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.
- ^ Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ^ Dickinson College: A History by Charles Coleman Sellers, Middletown, CT. Wesleyan University Press, 1973
- ^ http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf
- ^ Chronicles of Dickinson College Forrest Eugene Craver (1875-1958)
- ^ New York Times "Dickinson Plays with Indians" October 2, 1913
- ^ The Newark Advocate Monday, October 20, 1958
- ^ The Microcosm 1911 Dickinson College Yearbook
- ^ Dickinson College Other Honors
- ^ Phi Beta Kappa Handbook and General Address Catalogue of the United Chapters By Phi Beta Kappa, Eben Burt Parsons, Published by Walden & Crawley, 1900
- ^ Dickinson College Chronicles Alpah of Pennsylvania Centennial History (1887-1986)