Sam Costen
American football player and coach (1882–1955)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1882-05-18)May 18, 1882 McKenzie, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January 21, 1955(1955-01-21) (aged 72) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1906–1908 | Vanderbilt |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1909–1910 | The Citadel |
1911–1912 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
1913–1919 | Blytheville HS (AR) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–7–2 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× All-Southern (1906, 1907) | |
Samuel Cutter Costen[1] (May 18, 1882 – January 21, 1955)[2] was an American football player and coach. Costen was a quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. As a player, he weighed some 150 pounds. He was the third head football at The Citadel, serving two seasons, from 1909 to 1910, and compiling a record of 7–7–2.[3] He also coached in .
Costen graduated from Vanderbilt in 1908 with an LL.B. degree.[4] He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.[5]
Costen was the first head football coach at Blytheville High School in Blytheville, Arkansas, leading the team from 1913 to 1919. He died on January 21, 1955, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had lived in the 1930s.[6]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909–1910) | |||||||||
1909 | The Citadel | 4–3–2 | 0–1–1 | ||||||
1910 | The Citadel | 3–4 | 1–3 | ||||||
The Citadel: | 7–7–2 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
Total: | 7–7–2 |
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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- ^ "Citadel Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Costen, Crabtree, & Costen". Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: 2624. 1950.
- ^ Alpha Tau Omega (1955). The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Father of Chick Football Passes". Blytheville Courier News. Blytheville, Arkansas. January 22, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved June 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Sam Costen at Find a Grave
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Vanderbilt Commodores starting quarterbacks
- Pat Estes (1890)
- William E. Beard (1892)
- W. J. Keller (1893–1894)
- Myles P. O'Connor (1895–1896)
- Joe Goodson (1897–1898)
- Frank Godchaux Sr. (1899–1900)
- Fred Hume (1901)
- Frank Kyle (1902–1905)
- Jimmy R. Haygood (1904–1905)
- Sam Costen (1906–1907)
- Ray Morrison (1908–1911)
- Zach Curlin (1912–1913)
- Hord Boensch (1913)
- Irby Curry (1914–1916)
- Sam Wilhite (1917)
- Dooch Sherman (1918)
- Swayne Latham (1919–1920)
- Frank Godchaux Jr. (1921)
- Oliver Kuhn (1921–1923)
- E. M. Waller (1924)
- Neil Cargile (1924–1925)
- Bill Spears (1925–1927)
- Jimmy Armistead (1928)
- Benny Parker (1929–1930)
- Tommy Henderson (1930–1932)
- Rand Dixon (1933–1935)
- Lunny Huggins (1936–1937)
- Bert Marshall (1937–1938)
- Junius Plunkett (1939)
- Charlton Davis (1940)
- Jack Jenkins (1941–1942)
- Jack Kaley (1943)
- John Rich (1945)
- Jamie Wade (1946–1947, 1949)
- Bobby Berry (1948)
- Bill Wade (1950–1951)
- Bill Krietemeyer (1952)
- Jim Looney (1953–1954)
- Don Orr (1955)
- Boyce Smith (1956–1958)
- Russ Morris (1959)
- Hank Lesesne (1960–1962)
- Jon Cleveland (1963)
- David Waller (1964)
- Bob Kerr (1965)
- Gary Davis (1966)
- Roger May (1967)
- John Miller (1968)
- Watson Brown (1969)
- Denny Painter (1970)
- Steve Burger (1971)
- Steve Lainhart (1972)
- Fred Fisher (1973–1975)
- David Lee (1974)
- Randy Hampton (1976)
- Mike Wright (1977)
- Van Heflin (1978–1979)
- Whit Taylor (1980–1982)
- Kurt Page (1983–1984)
- John Gromos (1985; 1989)
- Mark Wracher (1986)
- Eric Jones (1987–1988)
- Mike Healy (1990)
- Marcus Wilson (1991–1992)
- Ronnie Gordon (1993–1994)
- Damian Allen (1995–1997)
- Greg Zolman (1998–2001)
- Jay Cutler (2002–2005)
- Chris Nickson (2006–2008)
- Mackenzi Adams (2007–2009)
- Larry Smith (2008–2011)
- Jared Funk (2010)
- Jordan Rodgers (2011–2012)
- Austyn Carta-Samuels (2012–2013)
- Patton Robinette (2013–2014)
- Stephen Rivers (2014)
- Wade Freebeck (2014)
- Johnny McCrary (2014–2015)
- Kyle Shurmur (2015–2018)
- Riley Neal (2019)
- Deuce Wallace (2019)
- Ken Seals (2020–2021, 2023)
- Mike Wright (2021–2022)
- AJ Swann (2022–2023)
- Diego Pavia (2024)