Edgar Fauver
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 7, 1875 North Eaton, Ohio |
| Died | April 4, 1946 (aged 70) Middletown, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1896–1898 | Oberlin |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1917, 1921 | Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–6–5 |
Edgar Fauver (May 7, 1875 – April 4, 1946) was an American athlete, coach, university administrator and medical doctor. He played football and baseball for Oberlin College in the 1890s. He later served as the athletic director at Wesleyan University from 1911 to 1937. He was also a pioneer in college athletics for women, coaching basketball and introducing baseball at Barnard College in the 1900s.
Fauver was one of six children of Alfred Fauver, who served as the mayor of Oberlin, Ohio for approximately 20 years. He spent his early childhood on the family's farm in Eaton, Ohio. The family moved to Oberlin where the children were educated.
Fauver and his twin brother, Edwin Fauver, attended Oberlin College. The Fauver brothers they played at the end positions for the school's football team from 1896 to 1898. The New York Times reported that the Fauver brothers "made a fast pair." Fauver and his brother also played for the Oberlin baseball team. According to a 1936 newspaper account, Fauver was "considered the most brilliant performer in football and baseball who ever attended Oberlin College." Other siblings includes Alfred Fauver who was Lorain County Surveyor, and Clayton K. Fauver former Oberlin football coach and major league pitcher.
After graduating from Oberlin in 1899, Fauver spent a year as the director of athletics at Centre College in Kentucky. He was also the gymnasium director at Centre College from 1899 to 1900.
He returned to Oberlin College as an assistant coach alongside his brother Edward Fauver and an instructor of Greek at the Oberlin Academy, a preparatory school located on the Oberlin campus. He also taught gymnastics at Oberlin College. Fauver remained at Oberlin from 1900 to 1903.
In September 1903, Fauver became the director of the physical training department at the Horace Mann Academy in New York City. He taught at Horace Mann from 1903 to 1904.
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