Carleton Wiggin
{{Short description|American college baseball, college football, and college ice hockey player and coach (1897–1970)}}
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| name = Carleton Wiggin
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|7|29}}
| birth_place = Dover, New Hampshire, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|5|15|1897|7|29}}
| death_place = Portland, Maine, U.S.
| alma_mater = Bates College
| player_years1 =
| coach_sport1 = Baseball
| coach_years2 = 1923–1929
| coach_team2 = Bates
| coach_years3 = 1930–1934
| coach_team3 = Wesleyan
| coach_sport4 = Football
| coach_years5 = 1922–1924
| coach_team5 = Bates (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1925–1928
| coach_team6 = Bates
| coach_sport7 = Ice hockey
| coach_years7 = 1922–1929
| coach_team7 = Bates
| overall_record = 70–100 (baseball)
6–20–2 (football)
37–33–4 (ice hockey)
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| placeofburial = Evergreen Cemetery
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Carleton Low Wiggin (July 29, 1897 – May 15, 1970) was an American college baseball, college football, and college ice hockey player and coach. He led all three programs at his alma mater, Bates College, during the 1920s.
Career
While born in New Hampshire, Wiggin grew up in Maine and graduated from Sanford High School in 1915. He began attending Bates College in the fall of 1916 in the class of 1920. He was initially a member of both the varsity baseball and football teams though only played in a reserve capacity as a freshman. During his second year, Wiggin had his studies interrupted when the United States entered World War I. He joined the Student Army Training Corps along with nearly 170 other men and served until the armistice was signed on November 11.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/mirror191900unse/page/108/mode/2up?q=wiggin |title=Mirror, 1919 |work=Bates College |accessdate=June 15, 2023}} After returning to his studies, Wiggin resumed his place on his previous teams while also becoming the goaltender for the school's inaugural ice hockey squad and joining the varsity track team in 1920. He was elected captain of the baseball team as a junior and led the program for two seasons. "Wig" helped the baseball team win the state championship in 1920 and 1921. He also won the 100-yard dash at the Maine Intercollegiates meet in 11 seconds flat.
After graduating, Wiggin took a job as a submaster and coach at Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire. After a year there, he returned to his alma mater as an assistant physical director and coach of both the baseball and ice hockey programs. In 1922, Wiggin became an assistant football coach under Oliver Cutts.{{cite news |title=Bates Best Athlete of Recent Years to Join the Coaching Staff: Carl Wiggin to Coach at Bates |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGUgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq |access-date=18 January 2025 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |date=August 30, 1922}} Following the 1924 season, Wiggin succeeded Cutts as head football coach.{{cite news |title=Wildcats Are To Have New Master Next Fall: Carl Wiggin to Head Coach for Bates Grid Men |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq |access-date=18 January 2025 |work=Lewiston Evening Journal |date=December 24, 1924}} After the football team posted a winless record in 1928, the college announced that they would be releasing Wiggin from his responsibilities. A protest was held at his dismissal and over four hundred students marched to convey their displeasure.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/Bates_Student_1928/page/n109/mode/2up |title=STUDENT BODY DECLARES SELF UNANIMOUSLY PRO-WIGGIN |work=Bates Student |date=December 14, 1928 |accessdate=June 15, 2023}} While their cries and petitions did help allow Wiggin to finish out the season for both the ice hockey and baseball teams, the school stood by its decision. On New Year's Day, Dave Morey was hired as the head coach for all three programs and was to begin his tenure the following fall. Knowing his time in Lewiston was coming to a close, Wiggin accepted the head coaching job for the baseball team at Wesleyan University, where he was also an assistant on the football team.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/Bates_Student_1928/page/n117/mode/2up |title=Wiggin is Head Coach at Wesleyan |work=Bates Student |date=January 11, 1929 |accessdate=June 15, 2023}}
Wiggin helmed the Cardinals baseball team for five years but, after posting a losing record in each season, he was dismissed in 1934.{{cite web |url=https://athletics.wesleyan.edu/sports/2020/8/20/wesleyan-university-baseball-year-by-year-results.aspx?id=1575 |title=Baseball Year-By-Year Results |work=Wesleyan Cardinals |accessdate=June 15, 2023}}
Wiggin died in 1970 at the age of 72.
Head coaching record
=Baseball=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bates Bobcats
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1923
| endyear = 1929
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1923
| name = Bates
| overall = 4–7
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1924
| name = Bates
| overall = 7–10
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1925
| name = Bates
| overall = 9–7
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1926
| name = Bates
| overall = 4–11
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1927
| name = Bates
| overall = 6–7
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1928
| name = Bates
| overall = 8–5
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1929
| name = Bates
| overall = 11–6
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bates
| overall = 49–53
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wesleyan Cardinals
| conference = Independent
| startyear = 1934
| endyear = 1929
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 1930
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 8–10
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1931
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 6–7
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1932
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 4–10
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1933
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 0–11
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1934
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 3–9
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wesleyan
| overall = 21–47
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 70–100
| legend = no
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=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bates Bobcats
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1925
| endyear = 1928
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1925
| name = Bates
| overall = 3–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1926
| name = Bates
| overall = 2–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = Bates
| overall = 1–4–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1928
| name = Bates
| overall = 0–7
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bates
| overall = 6–20–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 6–20–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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=Ice hockey=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Bates Bobcats
|color = color:white; background:#B30838; {{box-shadow border|a|#C4C6C8|2px}}
|startyear = 1922
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1924
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1922–23
| name = Bates
| overall = 8–4–0
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = State champion
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1923–24
| name = Bates
| overall = 9–2–0
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = State champion
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Bates Bobcats
|color = color:white; background:#B30838; {{box-shadow border|a|#C4C6C8|2px}}
|startyear = 1924
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1929
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1924–25
| name = Bates
| overall = 1–7–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1925–26
| name = Bates
| overall = 3–6–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1926–27
| name = Bates
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = State champion
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1927–28
| name = Bates
| overall = 6–5–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1928–29
| name = Bates
| overall = 5–6–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bates
| overall = 37–33–4
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 37–33–4
| legend = no
}}
References
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