:H. M. Wheaton

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1886–1944)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = H. M. Wheaton

| image = HMWheaton.png

| alt =

| caption = Wheaton pictured in the 1908 Yale football team photo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|7|5}}

| birth_place = Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|12|12|1886|7|5}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1907–1909

| player_team1 = Yale

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_years1 = 1914

| coach_team1 = Kansas

| overall_record = 5–2–1

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Henry Myers "Jack" Wheaton{{cite journal | year=1915 | title=Faculty | journal=The Jayhawker | pages=168 | publisher=University of Kansas}}{{cite journal | year=1909 | title=Wearers of the "Y" | journal=The Yale Banner and Pot Pourri | volume=LXVII | pages=171 | publisher=Yale University}}{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7fsgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lXUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4311,5020280 | title=The Day - Google News Archive Search }}{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ud5iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6ngNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3251,4712837 | title=Lawrence Journal-World - Google News Archive Search }} (July 5, 1886 – December 12, 1944){{cite journal |date=January 1, 1947 |title=Obituary record of graduates deceased during the year ending July 1, 1946 |journal=Bulletin of Yale University |volume=I |series=43 |issue=105 |page=152 |publisher=Yale University |access-date=May 15, 2013 |url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1945-46.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306062337/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1945-46.pdf |url-status=dead }} was an American football player and coach. He played for Yale University from 1907 to 1909. Wheaton was the 13th head football coach at the University of Kansas, serving for one season, in 1914, and compiling a record of 5–2–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/kansas/coaching_records.php Kansas Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211336/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/kansas/coaching_records.php |date=September 29, 2012 }}

Head coaching record

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

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Kansas Jayhawks

| conf = Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1914

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1914

| name = Kansas

| overall = 5–2–1

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Kansas

| overall = 5–2–1

| confrecord = 2–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 5–2–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

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