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Appleton Adams Mason (June 11, 1880 – December 20, 1938)[1] was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and physical education instructor. He served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri—from 1908 to 1909, Tulane University from 1910 to 1912, and New York University (NYU) in 1918, compiling a career college football coaching record of 15–23–4. Mason was also the head basketball coach Warrensburg Teachers from 1908 to 1910 and at Tulane for the 1912–13 season, tallying a career college basketball mark of 23–13. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, and died on December 20, 1938, in the New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, New York.[2]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada | June 11, 1880
Died | December 20, 1938 58) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1905 | Springfield |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908–1909 | Warrensburg Teachers |
1910–1912 | Tulane |
1918 | NYU |
Basketball | |
1908–1910 | Warrensburg Teachers |
1912–1913 | Tulane |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1908–1909 | Warrensburg Teachers |
1910–1913 | Tulane |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 15–23–4 (football) 23–13 (basketball) |
Mason was the founder of Camp Agawam in Raymond, Maine. He founded the camp in 1919. Mason went to Crescent Lake in Raymond every summer. Following his death in 1938, he was succeeded as camp director in 1939 by his son, Appleton Mason, Jr.[3]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Warrensburg Teachers () (1908–1909) | |||||||||
1908 | Warrensburg Teachers | 2–3–1 | |||||||
1909 | Warrensburg Teachers | 3–3–2 | |||||||
Warrensburg Teachers: | 5–6–3 | ||||||||
Tulane Olive and Blue (Independent) (1910–present) | |||||||||
1910 | Tulane | 0–7 | |||||||
Tulane Olive and Blue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911–1912) | |||||||||
1911 | Tulane | 5–3–1 | 3–3 | T–8th | |||||
1912 | Tulane | 5–3 | 3–3 | T–8th | |||||
Tulane: | 10–13–1 | 6–6 | |||||||
NYU Violets (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
1918 | NYU | 0–4 | |||||||
NYU: | 0–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 15–23–4 |
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