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American football coach and college athletics administrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blandy Benjamin Clarkson (March 15, 1890 – December 2, 1954)[1] was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 16th head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, serving for seven seasons from 1920 to 1926, and compiling a record of 44–21–2.[2] Clarkson was also the longest-tenured athletic director in VMI history, having served from 1926 to 1946.[3] Before his tenure at VMI, he served as head coach at the Marion Military Institute from 1914 -1916 and again in 1919.[4][5]
Biographical details | |
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Born | Millboro, Virginia, U.S. | March 15, 1890
Died | December 2, 1954 64) Lexington, Virginia, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
1912 | VMI |
1917 | Camp Gordon |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1914–1916, 1919 | Marion |
1920–1926 | VMI |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1926–1946 | VMI |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44–21–2 |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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VMI Keydets (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
1920 | VMI | 9–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
1921 | VMI | 3–5–1 | 0–3–1 | T–15th | |||||
VMI: | 12–5–1 | 5–3–1 | |||||||
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
1922 | VMI | 7–2 | |||||||
1923 | VMI | 9–1 | |||||||
VMI: | 16–3 | ||||||||
VMI Keydets (Southern Conference) (1924–1926) | |||||||||
1924 | VMI | 6–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 13th | |||||
1925 | VMI | 5–5 | 1–5 | 17th | |||||
1926 | VMI | 5–5 | 2–4 | T–15th | |||||
VMI: | 16–13–1 | 5–12–1 | |||||||
Total: | 44–21–2 |
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