Clarence Wanamaker

Clarence Wanamaker
Biographical details
Born	August 3, 1892; Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 28, 1979 (aged 87); Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Dartmouth College
Playing career
1912–1915	Dartmouth
Position	Rover
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1915–1920	Dartmouth
1921–1928	Yale
Head coaching record
Overall	97–57–4 (.627)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1924 THL Championship; 1924 East Intercollegiate Championship; 1925 THL Championship; 1925 East Intercollegiate Championship

Clarence Leroy "Bags" Wanamaker (August 3, 1892 – October 28, 1979) was an American ice hockey player and coach who was active in the 1910s and 1920s.^[1]

Career

Wanamaker began attending Dartmouth College in the fall of 1911 and played for the freshman ice hockey team. While catching for the baseball team, he jumped up to the varsity ice hockey squad just in time for the arrival of Fred Rocque as head coach and led the team in scoring when it set a new program record with an 8–2 record. He followed that up with a 20-goal season while Dartmouth was again near the top of the college hockey world. In his senior season the Rover only posted 6 goals and the team finished with a losing record, but they were able to finally get wins over both Princeton and Harvard.

After graduating Wanamaker signed a contract with the New York Giants as a catcher but he never appeared in a game for the club.^[2] Wanamaker returned to his alma mater to serve as head coach after Roque left and remained with the program until 1920.^[3] In 1921 he became the head coach for Yale and led a renaissance for the program, winning back-to-back Intercollegiate Championships in 1924 and 1925.^[4] The two titles were the catalyst for convincing Yale to promote the ice hockey team to 'major' status in 1926. After a runner-up finish in 1928 Wanamaker resigned and turned over coaching duties to one of his former players, Lawrence Noble.

The 18 wins Yale earned in 1924 were a program record for over 60 years.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1912–13	Dartmouth	NCAA	—	12	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
1913–14	Dartmouth	NCAA	—	20	—	20	—	—	—	—	—	—
1914–15	Dartmouth	NCAA	—	6	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			—	38	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—

Note: Assists were not recorded as an official statistic.

Head coaching record

Record table
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Dartmouth Independent (1915–1920)
1915–16	Dartmouth	6–5–0
1916–17	Dartmouth	7–3–0
1917–18	Dartmouth	2–4–0
1919–20	Dartmouth	6–4–0
Dartmouth:		21–16–0
Yale Bulldogs (Triangular Hockey League) (1921–1926)
1921–22	Yale	9–10–0	2–2–0	2nd
1922–23	Yale	9–6–0	3–3–0	2nd
1923–24	Yale	18–4–1	4–1–0	1st
1924–25	Yale	14–1–1	4–1–0	1st
1925–26	Yale	4–9–1	0–4–0	3rd
Yale:		54–39–3	13–11–0
Yale Bulldogs Independent (1926–1928)
1926–27	Yale	8–7–1
1927–28	Yale	14–4–0
Yale:		22–11–1
Total:		97–57–4
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Clarence Wanamaker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
↑ "CATCHER FOR THE GIANTS.; Clarence Wanamaker of Dartmouth to Sign Contract". New York Times. June 23, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
↑ "Dartmouth Hockey Coach". New York Times. December 2, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
↑ "YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com

[1] "Clarence Wanamaker Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[2] "CATCHER FOR THE GIANTS.; Clarence Wanamaker of Dartmouth to Sign Contract". New York Times. June 23, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[3] "Dartmouth Hockey Coach". New York Times. December 2, 1915. Retrieved April 30, 2020.

[4] "YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2019.

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v t e Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey
Formerly the Dartmouth Indians
Venues	Occom pond (1905–1929) Davis Rink (1929–1975) Thompson Arena (1975–present)
Coaches	No coach (1905–08) John Eames (1908–09) Thomas Hodge (1909–10) H. I. Vye (1910–11) W. Rawley (1911–12) Fred Rocque (1912–15) Clarence Wanamaker (1915–17, 1919–20) John H. Murphy (1917–18) Leon Tuck (1920–21, 1922–24) Chippy Gaw (1921–22) H. R. Denesha (1924–26) J. Philip Bower (1926–33) Herbert Gill (1933–37) Eddie Jeremiah (1937–42, 1945–63, 1964–67) George T. Barclay/Dick Rondeau (1942–43) Charles Arthur (1943–45) Abner Oakes (1963–64, 1967–70) Grant Standbrook (1970–75) George Crowe (1975–84) Brian Mason (1984–90) Ben Smith (1990–91) Roger Demment (1991–97) Bob Gaudet (1997–2020) Reid Cashman (2020–present)
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1906–1913) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	New Hampshire Vermont
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Bill Riley (228 Points) Bill Riley (118 Goals) Nick Boucher (50 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NHL players	T. J. Galiardi Tanner Glass David Jones Grant Lewis Ben Lovejoy Lee Stempniak
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