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E. Walter Sikes
Enoch Walter Sikes (May 19, 1868 – January 8, 1941) was an American college football player and coach, professor, state senator, and university president. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1891 to 1893, compiling a record of 6–2–1. Sikes taught history and political economics at Wake Forest from 1897 to 1916. He served one term in the North Carolina Senate, representing Wake County in 1911. Sikes was the president of Coker College from 1916 to 1925 and the president of Clemson University from 1925 until his retirement in 1940 He died of a heart attack on January 8, 1941, in Clemson, South Carolina.[1][2]
Sikes pictured in Howler 1903, Wake Forest yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1868 Union County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | January 8, 1941 (aged 72) Clemson, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1889–1892 | Wake Forest |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1891–1893 | Wake Forest |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–2–1 |
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1891–1893) | |||||||||
| 1891 | Wake Forest | 1–0 | |||||||
| 1892 | Wake Forest | 4–0–1 | |||||||
| 1893 | Wake Forest | 1–2 | |||||||
| Wake Forest: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Noted Educator Taken By Death". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. January 9, 1941. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ Powell, William S., ed. (1994). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P-S. University of North Carolina Press. p. 345. ISBN 0807821004. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
External links edit
- E. Walter Sikes at Find a Grave