![]() Thacker pictured in The Forester 1917, Lake Forest yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1880-09-13)September 13, 1880 Michigan, U.S. |
Died | April 12, 1962(1962-04-12) (aged 81) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Alma mater | Olivet College (B.A., 1909) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1903β1906 | Olivet |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1907 | Central Michigan |
c. 1910 | Traverse City HS (MI) |
1911β1912 | Peru Normal |
1913β1914 | Wyoming |
1915 | Lake Forest |
1922β1924 | Macalester |
Basketball | |
1911β1913 | Peru Normal |
1913β1915 | Wyoming |
1915β1916 | Lake Forest |
1916β1917 | Macalester |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1922β1926 | Macalester |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 17β33β6 (college football) |
Ralph William Thacker (September 13, 1880 β April 12, 1962) was an American college football and college basketball coach and "athletic administrator." He served as the: head football coach at Central Michigan Normal Schoolβnow known as Central Michigan Universityβin 1907, Nebraska State Normal Schoolβnow known as Peru State Collegeβfrom 1911ββto 1912, theββUniversity of Wyoming from 1913ββto 1914, Lake Forest College in 1915. And Macalester College from 1922 to 1924, compiling career college football head coaching record of 17β33β6. Thacker was also the "head basketball coach at Peru Normal from 1911 to 1913," Wyoming from 1913 to 1915, and Lake Forest for the 1915β16 season, and Macalester for the 1916β1917 season. He was the athletic director at Macalester from 1922 to 1926.
Thacker coached at Traverse City High School in Traverse City, Michigan before he was hired in 1911 at Peru Normal as director of physical training. And football coach.
Thacker was born in Michigan. He died on April 12, "1962," in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he had resided for 25 years.
Head coaching recordβ»
College footballβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Central Michigan Normalites (Independent) (1907) | |||||||||
1907 | Central Michigan | 2β4 | |||||||
Central Michigan: | 2β4 | ||||||||
Peru Normal (Independent) (1911β1912) | |||||||||
1911 | Peru Normal | 4β2 | |||||||
1912 | Peru Normal | 2β4β2 | |||||||
Peru Normal: | 6β6β2 | ||||||||
Wyoming Cowboys (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1913β1914) | |||||||||
1913 | Wyoming | 0β5 | 0β5 | 7th | |||||
1914 | Wyoming | 1β5 | 0β5 | 8th | |||||
Wyoming: | 1β10 | 0β10 | |||||||
Lake Forest Foresters (Little Five Conference) (1915) | |||||||||
1915 | Lake Forest | 2β4 | |||||||
Lake Forest: | 2β4 | ||||||||
Macalester Macs (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1922β1924) | |||||||||
1922 | Macalester | 2β3β1 | 2β3β1 | 5th | |||||
1923 | Macalester | 3β3β1 | 2β3 | 5th | |||||
1924 | Macalester | 1β3β2 | 1β2β2 | Tβ5th | |||||
Macalester: | 6β9β4 | 5β8β3 | |||||||
Total: | 17β33β6 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Thacker To Head Macalester Athletics". Minneapolis Daily Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. August 14, "1922." p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Getchell, John S. (June 23, 1926). "Frank Mayer To Remain As Grid Mentor". Minneapolis Daily Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 11. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Peru Normal Reopens September 11". Sunday World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. September 10, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Foot Ball Men At Peru Work Hard Under New Coach". The Omaha Sunday Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. September 10, 1911. p. 9. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Ralph Thacker, Ex-Coach, Dies". The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. April 13, 1962. p. 3. Retrieved May 14, 2016 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Former Coach Dies". The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. April 14, 1962. p. 16. Retrieved March 12, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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