Cecil L. Hartman

{{Short description|American football player and sports coach (1900–1988)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Cecil L. Hartman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|5|13}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|2|13|1900|5|13}}

| death_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1921–1923

| player_team2 = Nebraska

| player_positions = Fullback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1925–1926

| coach_team2 = Tabor (IA)

| coach_years3 = 1927–1929

| coach_team3 = Cotner (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1930

| coach_team4 = Cotner

| coach_years5 = 1931–1942

| coach_team5 = Omaha

| coach_sport6 = Basketball

| coach_years7 = 1931–1935

| coach_team7 = Omaha

| coach_sport8 = Track and field

| coach_years9 = 1931–1943

| coach_team9 = Omaha

| admin_years1 = 1931–1943

| admin_team1 = Omaha

| overall_record = 53–49–13 (football)
56–12 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
1 NCAC (1930
2 NIAA (1934–1935)

| awards =

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}}

Cecil LeRoy "Sed" Hartman (May 13, 1900 – February 13, 1988) was an American college football player, coach of college football, college basketball and track and field, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Tabor College in Tabor, Iowa from 1925 to 1926, Cotner College in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1920, and the University of Omaha—now known as the University of Nebraska Omaha—from 1931 to 1942. He was also the head basketball coach at Omaha from 1931 to 1935, tallying a mark of 56–12.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJ-MCgAAQBAJ|title=University of Nebraska-Omaha Football|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|first=Darren|last=Ivy|year=2015|access-date=December 30, 2018}} Hartman played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1921 to 1923 and was a member of multiple Missouri Valley Conference championship teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&SPID=22&SPSID=4&KEY=&Q_SEASON=1921|title=1921 Football Season|publisher=Nebraska Cornhuskers football|access-date=December 30, 2018}}

Hartman served an officer in the United States Navy during World War II, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander before his discharge in 1945. He later worked in construction and real estate in Omaha, Nebraska. Hartman died in his sleep from apparent heart failure, on February 13, 1988, at the Paxton Manor in Omaha.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-NU Back, Sed Hartman, Dies; His Clubs Beat Notre Dame Twice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald/166927639/ |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |location=Omaha, Nebraska |date=February 16, 1988 |page=24 |access-date=February 28, 2025 |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 = Tabor Cardinals

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1925

| endyear = 1926

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1925

| name = Tabor

| overall = 5–3

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1926

| name = Tabor

| overall = 1–4–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Tabor

| overall = 6–7–1

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}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Cotner Bulldogs

| conf = Nebraska College Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1930

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1930

| name = Cotner

| overall = 6–1–1

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 1st

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Cotner

| overall = 6–1–1

| confrecord = 5–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Omaha Cardinals

| conf = Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1931

| endyear = 1933

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = Omaha

| overall = 6–1–1

| conference = 1–1–1

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = Omaha

| overall = 5–2–1

| conference = 2–0–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1933

| name = Omaha

| overall = 5–3–1

| conference = 2–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1934

| name = Omaha

| overall = 4–1–2

| conference = 3–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Omaha Cardinals

| conf = Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association / North Central Conference

| startyear = 1935

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1935

| name = Omaha

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 4–0 / 1–3

| confstanding = 1st / 6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Omaha Cardinals/Indians

| conf = North Central Conference

| startyear = 1936

| endyear = 1942

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1936

| name = Omaha

| overall = 2–3–2

| conference = 1–2–2

| confstanding = 5th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1937

| name = Omaha

| overall = 2–6

| conference = 0–5

| confstanding = 7th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1938

| name = Omaha

| overall = 2–5–1

| conference = 1–3–1

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1939

| name = Omaha

| overall = 3–5

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1940

| name = Omaha

| overall = 2–3–2

| conference = 1–3–1

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1941

| name = Omaha

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1942

| name = Omaha

| overall = 1–5

| conference = 0–4

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Omaha

| overall = 41–41–11

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 53–49–13

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

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