Charles William Mayser (June 3, 1876 – July 14, 1967) was an

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, and

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coach. He served three stints as the head football coach at

Franklin & Marshall College Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ...

(1913–1914, 1924–1925, 1944–1945) and was the head football coach at

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from 1915 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 46–32–5. Mayser was the head wrestling coach at Iowa State from 1916 to 1923 and at Franklin & Marshall from 1924 to 1946. He was also the head baseball coach at Iowa State for two seasons, from 1919 to 1920, tallying a mark of 18–8–1.

Coaching career

Franklin & Marshall

Mayser served three two-years stints as the head football coach at

: 1913 to 1914, 1924 to 1925, and 1944 to 1945. His record in six seasons was 25–21–3. Mayser also coached wrestling at Franklin & Marshall from 1924 to 1946.

Iowa State

Mayser was the tenth head football coach at

and he held that position for five seasons, from 1915 until 1919. His career coaching record at Iowa state was 21–11–2. Iowa State had wanted to hire

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as head coach in late 1914.

Honors and death

Mayser was inducted into the Helms Foundation Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1958. He died at a nursing home in

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on July 14, 1967.

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links

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