player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team championships cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
michigan september 19 , 1920 -lrb- aged 48 -rrb- omaha , nebraska 1893 -- 1894 1895 1901 -- 1902 omaha , nebraska guard 15 -- 11 1891 -- 1892 nebraska -lrb- assistant -rrb- nebraska arkansas 1 wiufa -lrb- 1895 -rrb- 2320 football c. 1872 charles thomas -lrb- 1891 -rrb- . jpg charles thomas -lrb- american football -rrb-
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charles thomas -lrb- american football -rrb-

charles ladd thomas -lrb- c. 1872 -- september 19 , 1920 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
a native of omaha , nebraska , thomas enrolled at the university of michigan where he played at the guard position for the michigan wolverines football teams of 1891 and 1892 .
after graduating from michigan in 1893 , thomas returned to nebraska where he served as an assistant football coach at the university of nebraska under frank crawford in 1893 and 1894 .
in 1895 , he took over as nebraska 's head football coach , posting a 6 -- 3 record .
from 1901 to 1902 , he served as the head football coach at arkansas , where he compiled a 9 -- 8 record .
as a head coach , his overall record was 15 -- 11 .
