Myron E. Witham

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and mathematician}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Myron E. Witham

| image = Myron E. Witham.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Witham from 1932 Colorado yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|10|29}}

| birth_place = Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|3|7|1880|10|29}}

| death_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1901–1903

| player_team2 = Dartmouth

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1906

| coach_team2 = Purdue

| coach_years3 = 1920–1931

| coach_team3 = Colorado

| coach_sport4 = Baseball

| coach_years5 = 1920–1925

| coach_team5 = Colorado

| overall_record = 63–31–7 (football)
29–25 (baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
2 RMC (1923–1924)

| awards =

Consensus All-American (1903)

| coaching_records =

}}

Myron Ellis Witham (October 29, 1880 – March 7, 1973) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University in 1906 and at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1920 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 63–31–7. He was also the head baseball coach Colorado from 1920 to 1925, tallying a mark of 29–25. Witham was born in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, on October 29, 1880.{{cite book |title=General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910 |last=Emerson |first=Charles Franklin |year=1911 |publisher=Rumford Press |location=Concord, New Hampshire |page=423 |url=https://archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00dart#page/423/mode/2up |access-date=October 31, 2011}} He attended Dartmouth College and was captain of the football team there in 1903. Witham taught mathematics at Purdue, Colorado, the University of Vermont, and Saint Michael's College. He died on March 7, 1973, in Burlington, Vermont.{{cite news |title=Myron Witham |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=March 8, 1973 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10F1EFF3F5C1A7A93CAA91788D85F478785F9 |access-date=June 7, 2010}}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Purdue Boilermakers

| conf = Western Conference

| startyear = 1906

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1906

| name = Purdue

| overall = 0–5

| conference = 0–3

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Purdue

| overall = 0–5

| confrecord = 0–3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Colorado Silver and Gold

| conf = Rocky Mountain Conference

| startyear = 1920

| endyear = 1931

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1920

| name = Colorado

| overall = 4–1–2

| conference = 3–1–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1921

| name = Colorado

| overall = 4–1–1

| conference = 4–0–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1922

| name = Colorado

| overall = 4–4

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1923

| name = Colorado

| overall = 9–0

| conference = 7–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1924

| name = Colorado

| overall = 8–1–1

| conference = 5–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1925

| name = Colorado

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1926

| name = Colorado

| overall = 3–5–1

| conference = 2–5–1

| confstanding = 9th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1927

| name = Colorado

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 4–4

| confstanding = T–6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = Colorado

| overall = 5–1

| conference = 5–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Colorado

| overall = 5–1–1

| conference = 4–1–1

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = Colorado

| overall = 6–1–1

| conference = 5–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = Colorado

| overall = 5–3

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Colorado

| overall = 63–26–7

| confrecor = 49–20–7

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 63–31–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

Category:1880 births

Category:1973 deaths

Category:Colorado Buffaloes baseball coaches

Category:Colorado Buffaloes football coaches

Category:Dartmouth Big Green football players

Category:Purdue Boilermakers football coaches

Category:All-American college football players

Category:Purdue University faculty

Category:University of Colorado Boulder faculty

Category:University of Vermont faculty

Category:People from Rockport, Massachusetts

Category:Coaches of American football from Massachusetts

Category:Players of American football from Essex County, Massachusetts