Samuel B. Newton

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Samuel B. Newton

Newton pictured in La Vie 1900, Penn State yearbook
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1868-12-04)December 4, 1868
Yarmouth, Maine
Died April 30, 1932(1932-04-30) (aged 63)
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Playing career
1893 Penn
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1896–1898 Penn State
1898–1901 Lafayette
1902–1905 Lehigh
1907–1909 Williams
1911 Lafayette
Head coaching record
Overall 76–50–2 (excluding Williams)

Sylvanus Blanchard "Samuel" Newton[N 1] (December 4, 1868[N 2] – April 30, 1932) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University (1896–1898), Lafayette College (1899–1901, 1911), Lehigh University (1902–1905), and Williams College (1907–1909).

Coaching career

Newton in 1919

Penn State

Newton was the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University from 1896 to 1898. His career record at Penn State was 12–14.

Lafayette

Newton coached at Lafayette College for four seasons and achieved a record of 47 wins, 33 losses, and 14 ties.[1] His first season was arguably his best, as his team outscored its opponents by 253 to 23 and achieved a record of 12 wins and 1 loss. The team's only loss was to Princeton by a score of 12–0.[2]

Lehigh

Newton was the tenth head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks and he held that position for four seasons, from 1902 until 1905. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 23 wins, 20 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him ninth at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 12th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage.[3] While coaching at Lafayette, Newton's teams won The Rivalry game against Lehigh all seven times in three seasons. Newton later moved to Lehigh to coach on the opposite side of The Rivalry, winning two of four games played.

Death

Newton died on April 30, 1932 of a throat infection at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.[4][5]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall
Penn State Nittany Lions (1896–1898)
1896 Penn State 3–4
1897 Penn State 3–6
1898 Penn State 6–4
Penn State: 12–14
Lafayette Leopards (1898–1901)
1898 Lafayette 3–8
1899 Lafayette 12–1
1900 Lafayette 9–2
1901 Lafayette 9–3
Lafayette: 33–14
Lehigh Brown and White (1902–1905)
1902 Lehigh 7–3–1
1903 Lehigh 9–2–1
1904 Lehigh 1–8
1905 Lehigh 6–7
Lehigh: 23–20–2
Lafayette Leopards (1911)
1911 Lafayette 8–2
Lafayette: 41–16
Total: 76–50–2

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Newton's name is spelled "Sylvanus" on his birth certificate, though it has been spelled "Silvanus" alternatively, notably on his gravestone and passport application forms. Other alternate spellings include "Sylvanous" and "Sylvanos".
  2. ↑ Newton's birth certificate states that he was born in 1868, but passport application forms state his year of birth as 1872.

References

  1. ↑ Lafayette Coaching Records
  2. ↑ Coaching Records Game by Game
  3. ↑ Lehigh Coaching Records
  4. ↑ "DR. SYLVANUS B. NEWTON.; One-Time U. of P. Football Player and World War Veteran Dead.". The New York Times. May 2, 1932. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Silvanus Blanchard Newton". Jones Family Genealogy. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
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