W. C. Dowd

W. C. Dowd
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1865-03-21)March 21, 1865^[1] Moore County, North Carolina
Died	September 23, 1927(1927-09-23) (aged 62)^[2] Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
c. 1888	Wake Forest^[3]
Position(s)	Quarterback^[4]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1888	Wake Forest
Head coaching record
Overall	1–0

William Carey Dowd, Sr. (March 21, 1865 – September 23, 1927) was an American football player and coach, politician, and publisher. He served as the first head football coach at Wake Forest University, coaching the team for one game in 1888. Dowd later became a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and established a newspaper, The Charlotte News.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1888)
1888	Wake Forest	2–1
Wake Forest:		1–0
Total:		1–0

References

↑ "Who's who in the South". google.ca.
↑ "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 Image North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12865-157993-11 — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org.
↑ "History of Wake Forest College". google.ca.
↑ "History of Wake Forest College, Volume II page 322". tizrapublisher.com.
↑ "History of Wake Forest College, Volume II page 360". tizrapublisher.com.

External links

W. C. Dowd at the College Football Data Warehouse

Wake Forest Demon Deacons starting quarterbacks

W. C. Dowd Norm Snead Mike Elkins Rusty LaRue Brian Kuklick James MacPherson Riley Skinner Tanner Price Kendall Hinton John Wolford

Wake Forest Demon Deacons head football coaches

W. C. Dowd & W. C. Riddick (1888)
W. C. Riddick (1889)
No team (1890)
E. Walter Sikes (1891–1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
No team (1896–1907)
A. P. Hall, Jr. (1908)
A. T. Myers (1909)
Reddy Rowe (1910)
Frank Thompson (1911–1913)
Wilbur C. Smith (1914–1915)
G. M. Billings (1916)
E. T. MacDonnell (1917)
Harry Rabenhorst (1918–1919)
James L. White (1920–1921)
George Levene (1922)
Hank Garrity (1923–1925)
James A. Baldwin (1926–1927)
Stan Cofall (1928)
Pat Miller (1929–1932)
Jim Weaver (1933–1936)
Peahead Walker (1937–1950)
Tom Rogers (1951–1955)
Paul Amen (1956–1959)
Billy Hildebrand (1960–1963)
Bill Tate (1964–1968)
Cal Stoll (1969–1971)
Tom Harper (1972)
Chuck Mills (1973–1977)
John Mackovic (1978–1980)
Al Groh (1981–1986)
Bill Dooley (1987–1992)
Jim Caldwell (1993–2000)
Jim Grobe (2001–2013)
Dave Clawson (2014– )

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