Simon F. Pauxtis
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Simon Francis "Si" Pauxtis (July 20, 1885 – March 13, 1961) was an American professional baseball player and college football coach. He also served in the Electoral College for the 1916 Presidential Election for the state of Pennsylvania.[2]
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Playing career
Penn
Pauxtis played college baseball as a catcher while studying law at the University of Pennsylvania. He was noted not only for his defensive play but also for his batting skills.[3] Pauxtis also was an All-American football player at Penn.[4]
Cincinnati Reds
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Pauxtis still in law school at Penn[4] when he was signed with the Cincinnati Reds[5] in 1909 as a new recruit to help pick up the slack in the team left by injuries of team players Tom Clarke and Frank Roth.[6] He played for the Reds for the 1909 season[7] playing his first official game on September 18 and his last game on October 5.[8] Pauxtis officially played for four games.[9]
Coaching career
Pennsylvania Military
Pauxtis coached football at the Pennsylvania Military College (PMC)—now called Widener University—in Chester, Pennsylvania.[10] He coached two distinct periods, from 1916 to 1929, and again from 1939 to 1946. At PMC, his teams developed a record of 82 wins, 74 losses, and 8 ties including a 9–1 season in 1925 with victories over Temple and Rutgers.[11]
Dickinson
Pauxtis was the 12th head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for two seasons, from 1911 until 1912.[12] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 8 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties.[13] This ranks him 13th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and seventh at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage.[14] While at Dickinson, he struck up a friendship with Pop Warner who was coaching at Carlisle Indian School at the time.[15]
References
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- ↑ Anscestry.com "DEATHS IN LUZERNE COUNTY"
- ↑ Political Graveyard Simon F. Pauxtis
- ↑ Sporting Life "American League Notes" July 31, 1909
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Major-Smolinski.com "Si Pauxtis"
- ↑ Ivy League Sports Penn players in the pros
- ↑ The Cincinnati Reds by Lee Allen, 1948
- ↑ The Sporting Life September 25, 1909
- ↑ Baseball Almanac Si Pauxtis Statistics
- ↑ Sports Illustrated/CNN Baseball Statistics for Si Pauxtis
- ↑ The PMC News "Thanksgiving Day Football Banquet" January 1935
- ↑ Widener University 2008 Football Media Guide
- ↑ Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ↑ “The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.
- ↑ Centennial Conference "2007 Centennial Conference Prospectus"
- ↑ Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete By Robert W. Wheeler, 1975
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- People from Pittston, Pennsylvania
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