Charles Thomas (American football)
Charles Ladd Thomas (October 21, 1871 – September 19, 1920) was an American
college football player and coach and newspaper reporter and editor. A native of
Omaha, Nebraska, Thomas enrolled at the
University of Michigan, where he played at the
guard position for the
Michigan Wolverines football teams of
1891 and
1892. After graduating from Michigan in 1893, Thomas returned to Nebraska, where he served as an assistant football coach at the
University of Nebraska under
Frank Crawford in 1893 and 1894. In 1895, he took over as Nebraska's head football coach, posting a 6–3 record. In 1897, Thomas was the head football coach at
Nebraska Wesleyan University. From 1901 to 1902, he served as the head football coach at
Arkansas, where he compiled a 9–8 record.
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