| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1892-08-03)August 3, 1892 Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 1979(1979-10-28) (aged 87) Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Playing career | |
| 1912–1915 | Dartmouth |
| Position | Rover |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1915–1920 | Dartmouth |
| 1921–1928 | Yale |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 97–57–4 (.627) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1924 THL Championship 1924 East Intercollegiate Championship 1925 THL Championship 1925 East Intercollegiate Championship | |
Clarence Leroy "Bags" Wanamaker (August 3, 1892 – October 28, 1979) was an Americanice hockey player and coach who was active in the 1910s and 1920s.[1]
Wanamaker began attendingDartmouth College in the fall of 1911 and played for the freshman ice hockey team. While catching for the baseball team, he jumped up to the varsity ice hockey squad just in time for the arrival ofFred Rocque as head coach and led the team in scoring when it set a new program record with an 8–2 record. He followed that up with a 20-goal season while Dartmouth was again near the top of the college hockey world. In his senior season theRover only posted 6 goals and the team finished with a losing record, but they were able to finally get wins over bothPrinceton andHarvard.
After graduating Wanamaker signed a contract with theNew York Giants as a catcher but he never appeared in a game for the club.[2] Wanamaker returned to hisalma mater to serve as head coach after Roque left and remained with the program until 1920.[3] In 1921 he became the head coach forYale and led a renaissance for the program, winning back-to-back Intercollegiate Championships in1924 and1925.[4] The two titles were the catalyst for convincingYale to promote the ice hockey team to 'major' status in 1926. After a runner-up finish in 1928 Wanamaker resigned and turned over coaching duties to one of his former players, Lawrence Noble.
The 18 wins Yale earned in 1924 were a program record for over 60 years.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1912–13 | Dartmouth | NCAA | — | 12 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1913–14 | Dartmouth | NCAA | — | 20 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 | Dartmouth | NCAA | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | — | 38 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Note: Assists were not recorded as an official statistic.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DartmouthIndependent(1915–1920) | |||||||||
| 1915–16 | Dartmouth | 6–5–0 | |||||||
| 1916–17 | Dartmouth | 7–3–0 | |||||||
| 1917–18 | Dartmouth | 2–4–0 | |||||||
| 1919–20 | Dartmouth | 6–4–0 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 21–16–0 | ||||||||
| Yale Bulldogs(Triangular Hockey League)(1921–1926) | |||||||||
| 1921–22 | Yale | 9–10–0 | 2–2–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1922–23 | Yale | 9–6–0 | 3–3–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1923–24 | Yale | 18–4–1 | 4–1–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1924–25 | Yale | 14–1–1 | 4–1–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1925–26 | Yale | 4–9–1 | 0–4–0 | 3rd | |||||
| Yale: | 54–39–3 | 13–11–0 | |||||||
| Yale BulldogsIndependent(1926–1928) | |||||||||
| 1926–27 | Yale | 8–7–1 | |||||||
| 1927–28 | Yale | 14–4–0 | |||||||
| Yale: | 22–11–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 97–57–4 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||