Charles G. Flanagan

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1872–1937)}}

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| name = Charles G. Flanagan

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|7|4}}

| birth_place = Yankton, Dakota Territory, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|9|24|1872|7|4}}

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1891

| player_team1 = Minnesota

| player_years2 = 1899–1901

| player_team2 = Chicago

| player_positions = Guard, tackle

| coach_years1 = 1902

| coach_team1 = Morningside

| overall_record = 1–2

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Charles Gibbons Flanagan (July 4, 1872 – September 24, 1937){{cite book|title=The History of Minnesota Football|author1=Newell, M.|author2=University of Minnesota. General Alumni Association|date=1928|publisher=General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXwXAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N351-VBY|title=Person Details for Charles Gibbons Flanagan, "Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=August 26, 2015}} was an American college football player and coach. Flanagan served as the head football coach at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa in 1902.{{cite news |author= |title=Coach For Morning Side—Charles G. Flanagan Is Engaged by President W.S. Lewis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37581471/sioux_city_journal/ |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |location=Sioux City, Iowa |date=March 9, 1902 |page=11 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He was later a missionary and known as "bishop of the Olympics".{{cite news |last=Lane |first=French |title=Maroon Title Team of '99 Lines Up again—at Banquet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37580859/chicago_tribune/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=November 9, 1929 |page=21 |access-date=October 20, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}