Tommy Code
Thomas Kimball Code (April 13, 1873 – January 28, 1956) was an American college football player at Stanford University and football coach at Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 13, 1873 California, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 1956 (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1892–1895 | Stanford |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1896 | Oregon Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–2 |
Thomas Kimball Code (April 13, 1873 – January 28, 1956) was an American college football player at Stanford University and football coach at Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College.
Career
[edit]Code grew up in San Francisco, where he attended Lowell High School.[1] He went on to play college football at Stanford where he was the quarterback in the first Big Game against Cal.[2][3][4]
In 1896, the 23-year old Code became the fourth head coach of Oregon Agricultural College (today's Oregon State University) in the program's first four seasons. According to a local news account, Code arrived in Corvallis to coach the team on Monday, September 28.[5] Code would only coach the Aggies for a period of two weeks, after which he was sent home to California as what was deemed an "unnecessary expense," with OAC professor Fulton and halfback Brady Burnett taking over the actual coaching duties.[6] During the 1896 season, the Aggies compiled a record of 1–2.[7][8]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1896) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Oregon Agricultural | 1–2 | |||||||
| Oregon Agricultural: | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–2 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "19th Century Lowellites: The Early History of Lowell High School". Lowell Alumni Association. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ "Stanford Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 186. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ Hymans, Jacques (October 14, 1988). "Back in Time" (PDF). The Lowell. p. 20. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ "Hoover Sees Classmates of Stanford". Hartford Courant. November 16, 1928. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ "Among the Students," Corvallis Gazette, vol. 33, no. 229 (Oct. 2, 1896), p. 3.
- ^ "On the Gridiron," Corvallis Gazette, vol. 33, no. 35 (Nov. 13, 1896), p. 3.
- ^ "Oregon State Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 90. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ^ "19 Coaches Listed on Aggies Record". The Sunday Oregonian. October 30, 1927. p. 73.