Shack Shealy
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Shack Shealy was the head coach
of the Clemson
college football
program in 1904, and the only Clemson graduate (1899) to be head coach of his alma mater.
A member of Clemson's first football team in 1896, Alonzo Sheck Shealy was the fifth head coach of the Tigers, leading them for one season in 1904. Shealy served as team captain in 1898.
"He decided to take the agricultural course and has pursued it to a successful completion. He has been honored with the highest office in the corps, being appointed Senior Captain in February, 1898. He has been president of the Columbian Society, was captain of the '98 foot ball [sic] team, holding the position of left end in a manner that left nothing to be desired.
"After graduation Mr. Shealy expects to make a specialty of Veterinary Science.
"Characteristic: A fondness for, but extreme diffidence toward the fair sex."
Entered Iowa State College at Ames, March 1900- taking degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, June 1903; at Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina as Assistant Veterinarian in 1904. Played four years as a Tiger, and two more years for Iowa State. He was hired in the fall of 1904 to replace Coach John Heisman
who had accepted Georgia Tech's offer to become head of athletics at the institute in November
1903. He holds the distinction of being the only Clemson player to have been head coach at his alma mater. Shealy coached Clemson one year and guided the Tigers to a 3-3-1 record overall, which included wins over Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, giving him a .500 winning percentage.
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of the Clemson
Clemson Tigers
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college football
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program in 1904, and the only Clemson graduate (1899) to be head coach of his alma mater.
A member of Clemson's first football team in 1896, Alonzo Sheck Shealy was the fifth head coach of the Tigers, leading them for one season in 1904. Shealy served as team captain in 1898.
Biography
Shealy was born June 1, 1874, at Etheridge, South Carolina, in what is now known as Saluda County (formerly part of Edgefield County). His father, J. Edward Shealy, was a well-to-do planter of Edgefield, his mother was Miss Frances Linder, of Lexington. Attended public schools of this County until February, 1894, when he entered Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, in June 1894; graduated 1899 with a Bachelor of Science degree."He decided to take the agricultural course and has pursued it to a successful completion. He has been honored with the highest office in the corps, being appointed Senior Captain in February, 1898. He has been president of the Columbian Society, was captain of the '98 foot ball [sic] team, holding the position of left end in a manner that left nothing to be desired.
"After graduation Mr. Shealy expects to make a specialty of Veterinary Science.
"Characteristic: A fondness for, but extreme diffidence toward the fair sex."
Entered Iowa State College at Ames, March 1900- taking degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, June 1903; at Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina as Assistant Veterinarian in 1904. Played four years as a Tiger, and two more years for Iowa State. He was hired in the fall of 1904 to replace Coach John Heisman
John Heisman
John William Heisman was an American player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College , Buchtel College, now known as the University of Akron , Auburn University , Clemson University , Georgia Tech , the...
who had accepted Georgia Tech's offer to become head of athletics at the institute in November
November
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1903. He holds the distinction of being the only Clemson player to have been head coach at his alma mater. Shealy coached Clemson one year and guided the Tigers to a 3-3-1 record overall, which included wins over Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, giving him a .500 winning percentage.