Norman G. Wann

Norman G. Wann

Wann pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track
Biographical details
Born (1882-07-08)July 8, 1882
Silverwood, Indiana
Died July 23, 1957(1957-07-23) (aged 75)
Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan
Playing career
Football
c. 1905 Earlham
Position(s) Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909 Ottawa (KS)
1915–1917 Millikin
1919–1922 Millikin
1923–1924 Earlham
1925 Ball Teachers (assistant)
1926–1927 Ball Teachers
1929–1931 City of Detroit
Basketball
1908–1910 Ottawa (KS)
1915–1918 Millikin
1919–1923 Millikin
1923–1925 Earlham
Baseball
1909–1910 Ottawa (KS)
1916–1918 Millikin
1920–1921 Millikin
1927 Ball Teachers
Head coaching record
Overall 74–40–10 (football)
128–79 (basketball)
43–39 (baseball)

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882 – July 23, 1957) was an American football player, track athlete, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas (1908–1909),[1] Millikin College (1915–1917, 1919–1922), Earlham College (1923–1924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal Schoolnow Ball State University (1926–1927), and the College of the City of Detroitnow Wayne State University (1929–1931), compiling a career college football record of 74–40–10. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (1908–1910), Millikin (1915–1918, 1919–1923), and Earlham (1923–1925), amassing a career college basketball record of 128–79. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (1909–1910), Millikin (1916–1918, 1920–1921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball mark of 43–39.

Wann attended Earlham College, where he played football as a lineman and ran track. He left campus in 1908 one credit short of his BBS degree, which he did not receive until 1922. Earlham served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. In 1929, he earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin. After his retirement from coaching, he moved to Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan. He died there on July 23, 1957. Three years earlier, in 1954, he was inducted into Earlham's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1986, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Ottawa Braves (KIAC) (1908–1909)
1908 Ottawa 3–4
1909 Ottawa 6–1–1
Ottawa: 9–5–1
Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1915–1917)
1915 Millikin 5–2–1
1916 Millikin 8–0–1
1917 Millikin 7–1
Millikin Big Blue (Independent) (1919–1922)
1919 Millikin 9–0
1920 Millikin 9–0
1921 Millikin 5–2–1
1922 Millikin 3–4–2
Millikin: 47–9–5
Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1923–1924)
1923 Earlham 2–5
1924 Earlham 4–3–1
Earlham: 6–8–1
Ball Teachers Hoosieroons (Independent) (1926–1927)
1926 Ball Teachers 5–1–1
1927 Ball Teachers 5–2–1
Ball Teachers: 10–3–2
City of Detroit Tartars () (1929–1931)
1929 City of Detroit 2–7
1930 City of Detroit 0–9
1931 City of Detroit 0–6–1
City of Detroit: 2–15–1
Total: 74–40–10

References

  1. "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. "Hall of Fame: Norman G. Wann". Wayne State University Athletics. Wayne State University. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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