J. Arthur Baird

J. Arthur Baird
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track
Born	(1877-11-02)November 2, 1877 Ferris, Illinois
Died	July 26, 1964(1964-07-26) (aged 86) Galesburg, Illinois
Playing career
Football
1896–1899	Carthage
1900–1902	Northwestern
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903–1905	Carleton
1906–1907	Whitman
1908–1914	Carthage
Basketball
1906–1914	Carthage
Baseball
1910–1915	Carthage
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1906–1915	Carthage
Head coaching record
Overall	19–41 (basketball) 21–25–2 (baseball)

James Arthur Baird (November 2, 1877 – July 26, 1964) was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, college athletics administrator, lawyer, and judge. He served as the head football coach at Carleton College from 1903 to 1905, at Whitman College from 1906 to 1907, and at Carthage College from 1908 to 1915. Baird was also the head basketball coach at Carthage from 1906 to 1914 and the head baseball coach there from 1910 to 1915.

In 1913, Baird married Georgia Hubbs of New York.^[1] She died in 1917. Baird later served as a county judge. He died in 1964 and was buried next to his wife.^[2]

References

↑ Crimson Rambler 1915, Carthage College
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68783863

External links

J. Arthur Baird at the College Football Data Warehouse

Carleton Knights head football coaches

Unknown (?–1902)
J. Arthur Baird (1903–1905)
Unknown (1906)
Myron S. Curtis (1907–1908)
Unknown (1909–1913)
Claude J. Hunt (1914–1916)
Unknown (1917–1919)
Claude J. Hunt (1920–1931)
Elmer A. Lampe (1932–1933)
George Gibson (1934)
Unknown (1935–1937)
Walter Hass (1938–1955)
Warren Beson (1956–1959)
Mel Taube (1960–1969)
Dale Quist (1970–1978)
Bob Sullivan (1979–2000)
Chris Brann (2001–2005)
Kurt Ramler (2006–2011)
Bob Pagel (2012– )

Whitman Fighting Missionaries head football coaches

Unknown (1892–1900) C. W. Allen (1901–1905) J. Arthur Baird (1906–1907) J. Merrill Blanchard (1908–1909) George McCaa (1910) Archie Hahn (1911–1914) Vincent Borleske (1915–1946) Dave Strong (1947–1948) Archie Kodros (1949–1950) Joe Beidler (1951–1954) Robert Thomsen (1955–1961) Keith Loper (1962–1966) Roy M. Thompson (1967–1974) Ken Woody (1975–1976)

Carthage Red Men head football coaches

Ralph McKee (1895–1900)
Ben Mathis (1901)
Wilber Larrick (1902–1904)
Bud Hendrickson (1905)
Carl Sundberg (1906)
Russell Osborne (1907)
J. Arthur Baird (1908–1914)
Stewart Clark (1915–1919)
Forest Loudin (1916–1920)
Lewis Omer (1921–1935)
Hub Wagner (1936–1942)
Paul LaVinn (1945–1946)
Roscoe W. Scott (1947–1949)
Loel D. Frederickson (1950–1951)
Art Keller (1952–1982)
Ken Wagner (1983–1984)
Roger Scott (1985–1987)
Jack Synold (1988–1991)
Mike Larry (1992–1994)
Tim Rucks (1995–2012)
Mike Yeager (2012– )

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