Charles Fickert
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 23, 1873 Kern County, California |
| Died | October 19, 1937 (aged 64) San Francisco, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1894–1898 | Stanford |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1901 | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–2–2 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
Charles Marron Fickert (February 23, 1873 – October 19, 1937) was lawyer, politician, and American football player and coach. He was the district attorney of San Francisco from 1909 until 1920, best known for prosecuting Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings for the Preparedness Day bombing of 1916.
Born in Kern County, California, Fickert entered Stanford University in 1894, where he studied law and played guard on the university's football team. In 1901, Fickert was the first Stanford alumnus to serve as head football coach at his alma mater. He led Stanford to a 3–2–2 record in 1901 and an appearance in the first ever college football bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, where his team lost, 49–0, to the Michigan Wolverines.
Admitted to the California Bar in 1895 in Los Angeles, he arrived in San Francisco and joined the law offices of Edward Robeson Taylor, who soon replaced Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz when Schmitz was indicted during the graft trials.
Fickert's first public office was assistant United States Attorney, serving for two years. He then successfully opposed special prosecutor for the DA's office Francis J. Heney for DA in the fall of 1909. He was regularly reelected until defeat by Matthew Brady in 1920. In 1918, he ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of California, but was defeated by incumbent William Stephens.
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