Charles Eshleman

{{Short description|American physician and football coach (1880–1976)}}

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| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

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| death_place = Louisiana, U.S.

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| player_positions = Fullback, halfback

| coach_years1 = 1903

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| overall_record = 2–2–1

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Charles Leverich Eshleman (May 18, 1880 – June 6, 1976) was an American physician and college football coach. He served as the Tulane University football coach for one season, and amassed a 2–2–1 record in 1903.

Biography

Eshleman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 18, 1880 to parents Benjamin Franklin and Fannie (née Leverich) Eshleman.J. F. Hyer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8VWAAAAMAAJ The Story of Louisiana, Volume 2], p. 222, 1960. He attended Tulane University, where he played college football from 1898 to 1900 as a fullback and halfback. He served as the team captain in 1898 and 1899."All-Time Lettermen", 2009 Tulane Football Media Guide: The History, p. 187, 2009. Eshleman returned to coach Tulane for the 1903 season, and his team amassed a 2–2–1 record."All-Time Coaches", 2009 Tulane Football Media Guide: The History, p. 170, 2009. While at Tulane, he set the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association record in the 220-yard dash at 23.2 seconds.[https://archive.org/stream/jambalayayearboo05edit#page/152/ Jambalaya], p. 153, Tulane University, 1900. He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega.[https://archive.org/stream/jambalayayearboo19edit#page/190/ Jambalaya], p. 191, Tulane University, 1914.

In 1900, he studied literature at Tulane,[https://books.google.com/books?id=_j4XAAAAYAAJ Catalogue of Students], p. 5, Tulane University, 1900. and in 1904, Eshleman received his medical doctorate from Tulane.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CTEXAAAAYAAJ Annual Catalogue and Announcement], p. 122, Johns Hopkins University Medical Department, 1903. In the spring of 1904, he attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland to take graduate medical courses. Eshleman was "known for his altruism as well as for his notable achievements in the highly specialized field of Internal Medicine." He taught at the Tulane School of Medicine. In 1918, he was an associate professor of clinical medicine and the acting medical officer at Tulane's Newcomb College.[https://archive.org/stream/register06univgoog#page/n28/ Bulletin of the Tulane University of Louisiana, Series 19, Number 13], p. 26, Tulane University, October 1, 1918.

Eshleman sat on the Board of Tulane from 1936 to 1959, and was an emeritus member of the board from 1959 until 1976.Beatrice M. Field, [http://tulane.edu/alumni/upload/potpourri.pdf Potpourri: An Assortment of Tulane's People and Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830072657/http://www2.tulane.edu/alumni/upload/potpourri.pdf |date=August 30, 2017 }} (PDF), pp. 34–36, August 1983. In 1979, Tulane inducted Eshleman into the Tulane Athletics Hall Of Fame.[http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/genrel/101700aaa.html Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame], Tulane University, retrieved December 12, 2010. He died in 1976.The Times-Picayune, June 1976