Tom Samuels
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1909 Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 1996 (aged 87) Leesburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1930–1931 | Michigan |
| Position | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1946 | Eastern Kentucky (line) |
| 1947–1953 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Track and field | |
| 1935–1946 | Eastern Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–24–2 (football) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Thomas Curtis Samuels (March 28, 1909 – November 4, 1996) was an American college football player and coach, track coach, and pharmacist. He served as the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky State College—now known as Eastern Kentucky University–from 1947 to 1953, compiling a record of 41–24–2. Samuels was also the head track coach at Eastern Kentucky from 1935 to 1946. He left coaching in 1953 to go into the pharmaceutical business in Orlando, Florida.
Early life and playing career
[edit | edit source]Samuels was born and raised in Richmond, Kentucky, where he attended Madison High School. He moved to Canton, Ohio, where he attended Canton McKinley High School. Samuels played college football at the University of Michigan, lettering as a tackle in 1930 and 1931.[1]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]After graduating from Michigan in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, Samuels began his coaching career that fall as an assistant football coach Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College under head coach Turkey Hughes.[1] Samuels succeeded Rome Rankin as head football coach at Eastern Kentucky in 1947.[2] He resigned after the 1953 season to pursue a career in pharmaceuticals in Orlando, Florida.[3]
Pharmaceutical career
[edit | edit source]in 1953, Samuels bought an interest in Angebilt Pharmacy in Orlando, bringing him into partnership with Mrs. Maynard Evans and Dick Webb.[4] He owned the Angebilt Pharmacy until 1962, when he moved his prescription business to Eckerd Drugs.[5]
Honors and death
[edit | edit source]The Tom C. Samuels track at Eastern Kentucky is named for Samuels and was dedicated to him in 1976.[6] Samuels died on November 4, 1996, at Leesburg Regional Medical Center in Leesburg, Florida.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Kentucky Maroons (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1947) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Eastern Kentucky | 5–4 | |||||||
| Eastern Kentucky Maroons (Ohio Valley Conference) (1948) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–3 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1949 | Eastern Kentucky | 4–4–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1950 | Eastern Kentucky | 6–4 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1951 | Eastern Kentucky | 7–3 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1952 | Eastern Kentucky | 3–4–1 | 0–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| 1953 | Eastern Kentucky | 8–2 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Eastern Kentucky: | 41–24–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 41–24–2 | ||||||||
References
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External links
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- 1909 births
- 1996 deaths
- 20th-century American pharmacists
- American football tackles
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels football coaches
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels track and field coaches
- Michigan Wolverines football players
- People from Richmond, Kentucky
- Coaches of American football from Ohio
- Coaches of American football from Kentucky
- Players of American football from Canton, Ohio
- Players of American football from Kentucky
- Pharmacists from Florida
- McKinley High School (Canton, Ohio) alumni