:Anthony Savage

{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1893–1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Anthony Savage

| image = Anthony Savage, ca 1915.png

| alt =

| caption = Savage pictured as a senior in Tyee 1915, Washington yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|12|25}}

| birth_place = Buck Mountain, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = January 1970 (aged 76)

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1914

| player_team2 = Washington

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1911–1915

| player_team4 = Washington

| player_sport5 = Baseball

| player_years6 = 1914

| player_team6 = Washington

| player_positions = End

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1918

| coach_team2 = Washington

| coach_years3 = 1919

| coach_team3 = New Mexico A&M

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1913–1915

| coach_team5 = Washington

| overall_record = 3–4–1 (football)
24–2 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Anthony Savage (December 25, 1893 – January 1970) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at University of Washington in 1918 and at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now known as New Mexico State University—in 1919, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 3–4–1. Savage played basketball at Washington from 1911 to 1915 and also coached the team for two seasons, from 1913 to 1915. He also played on the Washington baseball and football teams in 1914.{{cite web|title=2012 University of Washington Baseball Record Book |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012UWbsbrecords.pdf |publisher=Washington Sports Information |accessdate=August 17, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612220316/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012UWbsbrecords.pdf |archivedate=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }} He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Kappa Epsilon chapter (UW). He attended the 1914 DKE Convention in New Orleans, LA, where he received an award for having traveled the farthest to attend that convention. Savage was the older brother of another football coach, Joe Savage.

Savage return to the University of Washington in 1922 as a freshman coach.{{cite news |author= |title=Savage 'Frosh' Coach At U. of Washington |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87264170/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco, California |date=August 10, 1922 |page=28 |access-date=October 17, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Washington

| conf = Pacific Coast Conference

| startyear = 1918

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1918

| name = Washington

| overall = 1–1

| conference = 1–1

| confstanding = 3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Washington

| overall = 1–1

| confrecord = 1–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = New Mexico A&M Aggies

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1919

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1919

| name = New Mexico A&M

| overall = 2–3–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = New Mexico A&M

| overall = 2–3–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 3–4–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

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