Paul N. MacEachron

{{Short description|American football and basketball coach (1889–1930)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Paul N. MacEachron

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|11|28}}

| birth_place = Franklin, Nebraska, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|6|1|1889|11|28}}

| death_place = Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1911

| player_team2 = Grinnell

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = c. 1911

| player_team4 = Grinnell

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1922–1924

| coach_team2 = Grinnell (freshmen)

| coach_years3 = 1925–1929

| coach_team3 = Oberlin

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1923–1924

| coach_team5 = Grinnell

| coach_years6 = 1925–1930

| coach_team6 = Oberlin

| overall_record = 28–9–3 (football)
25–59 (basketball)

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Paul Norton MacEachron (November 28, 1889 – June 1, 1930) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College from 1925 to 1929, compiling a record of 28–9–3.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/oberlinalumnimag1930ober_s9w1/oberlinalumnimag1930ober_s9w1_djvu.txt|title=Oberlin Alumni Magazine|year=1930|publisher=Oberlin College|access-date=July 15, 2018}} He was also the head basketball coach at Oberlin from 1925 to 1930, tallying a mark of 21–45. MacEachron died of a heart attack on June 1, 1930, at Chance Creek, in Oberlin, Ohio.{{cite news |author= |title=Oberlin Mentor Dies Suddenly—Paul MacEachron, Grid and Cage Coach, Victim of Heart Attack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22001986/the_akron_beacon_journal/ |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |agency=Associated Press |date=June 2, 1930 |page=21 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}