Chauncey Simpson (December 21, 1901 – April 20, 1970) was an American
college football,
college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
, and
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...
coach. He was the interim head football coach at
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded ...
from 1943 to 1945 while
Don Faurot
Donald Burrows Faurot (June 23, 1902 – October 19, 1995) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator best known for his eight-decade association with the University of Missouri. He served as ...
, the standing head coach, served in the Navy during
World War II
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. He compiled a 12–14–2 record including a 40–27 loss to
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
in the
1946 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic was a postseason college football bowl game between the tenth ranked Texas Longhorns and the Missouri Tigers.
Background
Texas was led by star quarterback, Bobby Layne.
Game summary
Layne accounted for all 40 of ...
.
During that time, he also served as the school's track coach. He himself, was a football player at Missouri. With Faurot's return in 1946 Simpson reverted to his pre-war position as an assistant football coach. He was also the institution's long-time golf coach before retiring in the 1960s.
Simpson died of a heart attack, on April 20, 1970, at his home in
Green Valley, Arizona
Green Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 22,616 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Green Valley is located along the western side of the Santa Cruz Ri ...
. He was the younger brother of hurdler and track coach
Robert Simpson.
Head coaching record
References
External links
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1901 births
1970 deaths
Missouri Tigers football coaches
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Missouri Tigers men's track and field athletes
Missouri Tigers track and field coaches
Truman Bulldogs football coaches
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Truman Bulldogs men's basketball players
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College golf coaches in the United States
People from Carroll County, Missouri
People from Green Valley, Arizona
Coaches of American football from Missouri
Players of American football from Missouri
Basketball coaches from Missouri
Basketball players from Missouri
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