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Clarence Childs

Clarence Childs
Clarence Childs (yearbook photo).jpg
Childs from The Arbutus 1916
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1883-07-24)July 24, 1883
Wooster, Ohio
Died September 16, 1960(1960-09-16) (aged 77)
Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1910 Yale
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1914–1915 Indiana
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1915 Indiana
Head coaching record
Overall 6–7–1
Clarence Childs
Clarence Childs.jpg
Personal information
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hammer throw
Club NYAC, New York
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 52.53 m (1912)

Clarence Chester Childs (July 24, 1883 – September 16, 1960) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1914 to 1915, compiling a record of 6–7–1.

He was born on July 24, 1883 in Wooster, Ohio. He lived in Fremont, Ohio for much of his youth where he played football for the Fremont Football Club. He became Captain of the Yale track team before he competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in , Sweden in the hammer throw where he won the bronze medal. Childs was track the football coach at Indiana University and served in France during World War I. Childs was appointed by President Warren Harding to a position within the U.S. Treasury Department, but was fired when he attacked a United States Secret Service agent, who was following him on suspicion that Childs had illegally removed sensitive documents. He died in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 1960.



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