Wade Marlette
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1, 1900 Saxapahaw, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1980 (aged 80) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1920–1923 | Elon |
| 1923 | Winston-Salem Twins |
| Position | Shortstop |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1936 | High Point HS (NC) |
| 1937–1941 | Hebron Academy (ME) |
| 1942 | Bates |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–3 (college football) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Wade Elmer Marlette (March 1, 1900 – March 3, 1980) was an American athlete and coach who played baseball, basketball, and football at Elon College and coached high school sports in North Carolina and Maine. He was the head football coach at Bates College for one season.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Marlette was born on March 1, 1900 in Saxapahaw, North Carolina to Robert G. and Sarah Emily (Teague) Marlette.[1][2] He attended Elon College High School, where he played football, baseball, and basketball.[3]
Marlette attended Elon College, where he played four years of baseball, two years of football and basketball, and ran four seasons of cross-country and track.[4] He was captain of the baseball, basketball, and track teams. After graduating in 1923, he played for the Winston-Salem Twins of the Piedmont League. He took post graduate courses as the University of North Carolina (1924), Harvard Summer School (1927 and 1928), and the University of Michigan (1928).[3]
Coaching
[edit | edit source]In 1925, Marlette began his coaching career at Elkin High School in Elkin, North Carolina.[5] The following school year, he began a 12-year coaching tenure at High Point High School in High Point, North Carolina.[5] In 1935, he became the city's recreation supervisor.[1] In 1937, he became the head football coach at Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine. He he also coached the school's track team and led Hebron to four consecutive prep school championships.[6]
Hebron suspended its athletic programs in 1942 due to financial issues. That summer, Marlette became the freshman coach at Bates College.[5] Soon thereafter, he was promoted to varsity football coach after Ducky Pond entered the United States Navy.[7] Marlette himself left the school that winter to become a lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve.[8] Marlette was a physical training officer in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945 and served oversees from 1944 to 1945.[9] He was discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander.[10]
Later life
[edit | edit source]In 1946, Marlette entered in the furniture business in Rock Hill, South Carolina.[11] Three years later, he sold his interest the business and reentered the United States Navy.[12] During the 1960s, he was a math teacher and tennis coach at High Point Central High School.[13]
Marlette died in Jacksonville, Florida on March 3, 1980.[2] He was posthumously inducted into the Elon Sports Hall of Fame that fall.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]College football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Bobcats (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Bates | 3–3 | |||||||
| Bates: | 3–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 3–3 | ||||||||
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- 1900 births
- 1980 deaths
- 20th-century American naval officers
- Baseball shortstops
- Bates Bobcats football coaches
- Elon Phoenix baseball players
- Elon Phoenix football players
- Elon Phoenix men's basketball players
- Elon Phoenix men's track and field athletes
- Winston-Salem Twins players
- High school basketball coaches in North Carolina
- High school football coaches in Maine
- High school football coaches in North Carolina
- High school track and field coaches in the United States
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Coaches of American football from North Carolina
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- Baseball players from North Carolina
- Basketball coaches from North Carolina
- Basketball players from North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Alamance County, North Carolina
- Military personnel from North Carolina