Herschel Amos Caldwell (August 13, 1903 – July 31, 1989) was a

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player and coach.

University of Alabama

Caldwell was a prominent

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and

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for

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of the

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1925

He was a member of the first Southern team to win a

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1926

He was selected All-Southern in

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. Caldwell made the extra point to tie

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in the

the next year. Caldwell was called by one source "one of the greatest

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s the South has produced in years." He also caught many balls thrown by Hoyt Winslett.

Coaching career

Sidney Lanier High

He later coached, first at

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Duke

Caldwell then coached under his former mentor Wade as an assistant at

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. He remained in this capacity in one form or another, working from freshman coach to varsity end coach, for forty years.

References

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