Marchmont Schwartz
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1909–1991)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Marchmont Schwartz
| image = Marchmont Schwartz 1942.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Schwartz, circa 1942
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|3|20}}
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|4|18|1909|3|20}}
| death_place = Danville, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1929–1931
| player_team1 = Notre Dame
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1932–1933
| coach_team1 = Notre Dame (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1934
| coach_team2 = Chicago (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1935–1939
| coach_team3 = Creighton
| coach_years4 = 1940–1941
| coach_team4 = Stanford (backfield)
| coach_years5 = 1942–1950
| coach_team5 = Stanford
| admin_years1 = 1935–1939
| admin_team1 = Creighton
| overall_record = 47–50–6
| bowl_record = 1–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 MVC (1936)
| awards =
- Unanimous All-American (1931)
- Consensus All-American (1930)
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1974
| CFBHOF_id = 1512
}}
Marchmont H. "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 – April 18, 1991) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47–50–6; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.
Early life and playing career
Schwartz was of Jewish heritage,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vygvFMFm64C&q=marchmont+schwartz+jewish&pg=PT218|title = The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football|isbn = 9781616081102|last1 = Cavanaugh|first1 = Jack|date = 10 September 2010| publisher=Skyhorse Publishing }} and was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College high school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 19–0 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.
Coaching career
Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy.[http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19340119.2.123&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid], Associated Press, January 18, 1934. In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.NEA Staff, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SKURAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2195,3771878&dq=thornhill+stanford&hl=en Stanford Alumni Change Tune], The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
Death
Schwartz died on April 18, 1991, in Danville, California, to which he had retired, at age 82.{{cite news |title=Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/20/obituaries/marchmont-schwartz-football-coach-82.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=April 20, 1991 |access-date=April 3, 2011}}{{cite web | url=https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-man-who-ran-after-gipp/ | title=The Man Who Ran After Gipp | Stories | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame | date=September 2022 }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Creighton Bluejays
| conf = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Creighton
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1936
| name = Creighton
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Creighton
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Creighton
| overall = 6–1–1
| conference = 1–0–1
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Creighton
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Creighton
| overall = 19–22–2
| confrecord = 9–11–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Stanford Indians
| conf = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1942
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = Stanford
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 12
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1943
| name = No team—World War II
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| year = 1944
| name = No team—World War II
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| year = 1945
| name = No team—World War II
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Stanford
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 3–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Stanford
| overall = 0–9
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 10th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Stanford
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Stanford
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname = Pineapple
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Stanford
| overall = 5–3–2
| conference = 2–2–2
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Stanford
| overall = 28–28–4
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 47–50–6
| bowls = no
| poll =
| polltype = Rankings from final AP Poll
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1512}}
- {{Find a Grave}}
{{Creighton Bluejays football coach navbox}}
{{Creighton Bluejays athletic director navbox}}
{{Stanford Cardinal football coach navbox}}
{{Navboxes
| title = Marchmont Schwartz—championships, awards, and honors
| list1 =
{{1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}
{{1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}
{{1930 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{1931 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
}}
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