:Charles F. Erb

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1902–1952)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Charles F. Erb

| image = Charles F. Erb.png

| alt =

| caption = Gem of the Mountains, 1927 Idaho yearbook{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1927/153|publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook|title=Charles Freeman Erb|date=1927|page=148}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|12|8}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|3|7|1902|12|8}}

| death_place = North Hollywood, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1920–1922

| player_team1 = California

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 = 1924

| coach_team1 = Nevada

| coach_years2 = 1926–1928

| coach_team2 = Idaho

| coach_years3 = 1935–1937

| coach_team3 = Humboldt State

| admin_years1 = 1926–1928

| admin_team1 = Idaho

| overall_record = 28–19–7

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 PCC (1928)

| awards =3× First-team All-Pacific Coast (1920, 1921, 1922)

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Charles Freeman Erb Jr. (December 8, 1902 – March 7, 1952) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1924, the University of Idaho from 1926 to 1928, and Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1937, compiling a career coaching record of 28–19–7.

Playing career

At Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, Erb was the California player of the year during the 1917 season as an end.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-03-sp-63480-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=High School Football Players Of Year |date=December 3, 1993 |access-date=October 5, 2016}}

Erb played college football as a quarterback at California from 1920 through 1922, on the undefeated "Wonder Teams" led by head coach Andy Smith. The 1920 team won the Rose Bowl and the 1921 team tied in the 1922 Rose Bowl. The undefeated 1922 and 1923 teams did not play in the postseason.

Coaching career

In 1924, he coached at Nevada, where he compiled a 3–4–1 record. He was hired at Idaho in May 1926 as head coach and director of athletics,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ic5XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i_QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2386%2C2343180|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|location=(Washington)|title=Erb will coach Idaho gridders|date=May 12, 1926|page=19}} where he compiled a 10–9–5 ({{winning percentage|10|9|5}}) record in three seasons. His 1927 team contended for the title in the Pacific Coast Conference and were co-champions,{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1928/175|publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook|title=1927 Football|date=1928|page=162}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J81XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3994%2C2310049 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington)|title=Conference grid schedule stands |date=December 12, 1927 |page=18}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WLBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1612%2C5999495 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|title=Adopt schedule|agency=Associated Press|date=December 11, 1927 |page=13}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BwxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4148%2C2176825 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Coast grid schedule given O.K. after long conference wrangle|date=December 11, 1927|page=1, sports}} but the 1928 team had a more difficult season, after which he submitted his resignation.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1929/169|publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook|title=The Season of 1928|date=1929|page=164}}

After Idaho, his career record stood at 13–13–6 in four seasons. From 1935 to 1937 he coached in California at Humboldt State, where he compiled a 15–6–1 record.

Personal life

Erb's son, Charles "Boots" Erb (1925–2013), also played quarterback at California, under head coach Pappy Waldorf in the late 1940s. Boots saw action in the 1949 and 1950 Rose Bowls. The Erbs were the first father and son to quarterback in the Rose Bowl.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?pid=169162663 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |agency=(obituary)|title=Charles Erb |date=January 19, 2014 |accessdate=October 5, 2016}}

Erb died of a heart attack, suffered in his sleep during the night of March 7, 1952, at his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.{{cite news |author= |title=Charles F. Erb, UC Wonder Team Star, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65709994/obituary-for-charles-f-erb/ |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |location=Sacramento, California |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 1952 |page=27 |access-date=December 20, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Nevada Wolf Pack

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1924

| endyear = single

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| year = 1924

| name = Nevada

| overall = 3–4–1

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| name = Nevada

| overall = 3–4–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Idaho Vandals

| conf = Pacific Coast Conference

| startyear = 1926

| endyear = 1928

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| year = 1926

| name = Idaho

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference = 1–4

| confstanding = T–6th

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| ranking = no

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| championship = conference

| year = 1927

| name = Idaho

| overall = 4–1–3

| conference = 2–0–2

| confstanding = T–1st {{Cite web|url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/issue/40397|title=Pac-12 Conference - 2011 Football Media Guide}}

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| year = 1928

| name = Idaho

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–6th

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| ranking = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Idaho

| overall = 10–9–5

| confrecord = 5–7–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Humboldt State Lumberjacks

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1935

| endyear = 1937

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1935

| name = Humboldt State

| overall = 6–1–1

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| year = 1936

| name = Humboldt State

| overall = 5–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1937

| name = Humboldt State

| overall = 4–2

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| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Humboldt State

| overall = 15–6–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 28–19–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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