Gaston F. Lewis
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Clinton County, Ohio, U.S. | August 4, 1903
Died | November 28, 1989 Xenia, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 86)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1925 | Wilberforce |
Basketball | |
c. 1925 | Wilberforce |
Baseball | |
c. 1925 | Wilberforce |
Track | |
c. 1925 | Wilberforce |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1929–1933 | Alabama State |
1934–1946 | Wilberforce |
1947–1956 | Wilberforce State / Central State (OH) |
Track | |
1934–? | Wilberforce |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1957–1969 | Central State (OH) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 139–69–15 (football) |
Bowls | 4–1–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 Black college national (1948) 3 Midwest Athletic Association (1948, 1950–1951) | |
Gaston Lewis | |
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Pitcher | |
Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1922, for the Bacharach Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1926, for the Dayton Marcos | |
Teams | |
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Gaston Frederick "Country" Lewis (August 4, 1903 – November 28, 1989) was a Negro league baseball player and an American football, basketball, track, and cross country coach.
Biography
[edit]A native of Clinton County, Ohio, Lewis grew up on a farm in Caesarscreek Township, Greene County, Ohio, graduated from Wilberforce University, and earned a master's degree at Ohio State University. He played for the Bacharach Giants in 1922 and for the Dayton Marcos in 1926.[1][2] Lewis served as the head football coach at Alabama State University (1929–1933), Wilberforce University (1934–1946), and Central State University (1947–1956). He also served as the manager of the track and field competition at the 1967 Pan American Games, and was an assistant track and field coach for the 1968 United States Olympic team. Lewis died in Xenia, Ohio in 1989 at age 86.[3][4][5]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Alabama State Hornets (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1929–1933) | |||||||||
1929 | Alabama State | 5–2–2 | |||||||
1930 | Alabama State | 6–5 | |||||||
1931 | Alabama State | 8–3 | |||||||
1932 | Alabama State | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1933 | Alabama State | 6–2–1 | |||||||
Alabama State: | 31–13–4 | ||||||||
Wilberforce Green Wave () (1934–1946) | |||||||||
1934 | Wilberforce | 6–3 | |||||||
1935 | Wilberforce | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1936 | Wilberforce | 6–1–1 | |||||||
1937 | Wilberforce | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1938 | Wilberforce | 3–2–1 | |||||||
1939 | Wilberforce | 5–2 | |||||||
1940 | Wilberforce | 6–1–2 | T Orange Blossom Classic, L Vulcan | ||||||
1941 | Wilberforce | 3–4 | |||||||
1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | Wilberforce | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1945 | Wilberforce | 6–3 | |||||||
1946 | Wilberforce | 6–2–2 | |||||||
Wilberforce: | 55–24–9 | ||||||||
Wilberforce State Green Wave / Central State Marauders (Midwest Athletic Association) (1947–1956) | |||||||||
1947 | Wilberforce State | 10–1 | 3–1 | 3rd | W Fruit, W Vulcan | ||||
1948 | Wilberforce State | 9–1–1 | 3–0 | 1st | W Prairie View | ||||
1949 | Wilberforce State | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
1950 | Wilberforce State | 6–4 | 3–0 | 1st | W Orange Blossom Classic | ||||
1951 | Wilberforce State | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1952 | Central State | 4–4 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
1953 | Central State | 1–5 | 0–3 | T–6th | |||||
1954 | Central State | 4–4 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
1955 | Central State | 4–4 | 0–3 | T–5th | |||||
1956 | Central State | 4–3–1 | 1–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
Wilberforce State / Central State: | 53–32–2 | 17–12–1 | |||||||
Total: | 139–69–15 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gaston Lewis". seamheads.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Gaston Lewis". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ Baxter, Joan (February 3, 2017). "A little history on Country Lewis". Xenia Daily Gazette. Xenia, Ohio. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Marion E. (June 15, 1956). "Meet The Coach". Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 7. Retrieved May 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Quanita Fair. "History of Wilberforce University: Gaston Lewis". Wilberforce-Payne Unified Library. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball Stats and Seamheads
- Gaston F. Lewis at Find a Grave
- 1903 births
- 1989 deaths
- Alabama State Hornets football coaches
- Central State Marauders athletic directors
- Central State Marauders football coaches
- Wilberforce Bulldogs baseball players
- Wilberforce Bulldogs football coaches
- Wilberforce Bulldogs football players
- Wilberforce Bulldogs men's basketball players
- College men's track and field athletes in the United States
- College track and field coaches in Ohio
- Ohio State University alumni
- Bacharach Giants players
- Dayton Marcos players
- People from Clinton County, Ohio
- People from Greene County, Ohio
- Players of American football from Ohio
- Baseball players from Ohio
- Basketball players from Ohio
- African-American coaches of American football
- African-American baseball coaches
- African-American baseball players
- African-American track and field athletes
- American male track and field athletes
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Deaths from cancer in Ohio