Anthony Savage
American athlete and coach (1893–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Savage (December 25, 1893 – January 1970) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at University of Washington in 1918 and at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as New Mexico State University—in 1919, compiling a career college football coaching record of 3–4–1. Savage played basketball at Washington from 1911 to 1915 and also coached the team for two seasons, from 1913 to 1915. He also played on the Washington baseball and football teams in 1914.[1] He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Kappa Epsilon Chapter (UW). He attended the 1914 DKE Convention in New Orleans, LA, where he received an award for having traveled the farthest to attend that convention. Savage was the older brother of another football coach, Joe Savage.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1893-12-25)December 25, 1893 Buck Mountain, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | January 1970 (aged 76) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1914 | Washington |
Basketball | |
1911–1915 | Washington |
Baseball | |
1914 | Washington |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918 | Washington |
1919 | New Mexico A&M |
Basketball | |
1913–1915 | Washington |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 3–4–1 (football) 24–2 (basketball) |
Savage return to the University of Washington in 1922 as a freshmen coach.[2]