Roy K. Thomas

Roy K. Thomas
Current position
Thomas pictured at Fairmount c. 1911
Sport(s)	College football
Team	Fairmount College
Biographical details
Born	(1887-06-16)June 16, 1887 Lime Lake, Leelanau County, Michigan, U.S.
Died	May 23, 1977(1977-05-23) (aged 89) Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Olivet College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909-1911	Fairmount College
Head coaching record
Overall	15-8-2

Roy Kehl Thomas was the seventh head college football coach for Fairmount College (now Wichita State University) located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1909 until 1911. His overall coaching record at Fairmount College was 15 wins, 8 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him eighth at Wichita State in terms of total wins and sixth at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.^[1]

The 1911 team finished the season with a record of 7 wins and 1 loss. They were declared the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions.^[2]

Roy K. Thomas died at Traverse City, Michigan in 1977 after a long illness.^[3]

References

↑ Wichita St. Coaching Records
↑ College Football Data Warehouse Wichita State University 1911 results
↑ "Roy Thomas", Traverse City Record Eagle, Tuesday, May 24, 1977, Traverse City, Michigan, United States Of America

Wichita State Shockers head football coaches

T. H. Morrison (1897)
No coach (1898)
Harry Hess (1899–1901)
Guy Peverly (1902)
No coach (1903)
A. F. Holste (1904)
Willis Bates (1905–1908)
Roy K. Thomas (1909–1911)
E. V. Long (1912–1913)
Harry Buck (1914–1915)
Lamar Hoover (1916–1917)
Coach Banbury (1918)
Kenneth Cassidy (1919)
Wilmer D. Elfrink (1920)
Lamar Hoover (1921–1922)
Sam H. Hill (1923–1924)
Leonard J. Umnus (1925–1927)
Sam H. Hill (1928–1929)
Albert J. Gebert (1930–1941)
Ralph Graham (1942)
No team (1943)
Melvin J. Binford (1944–1945)
Ralph Graham (1946–1947)
Jim Trimble (1948–1950)
Robert S. Carlson (1951–1952)
Jack Mitchell (1953–1954)
Pete Tillman (1955–1956)
Woody Woodard (1957–1959)
Hank Foldberg (1960–1961)
Marcelino Huerta (1962–1964)
George Karras (1965–1966)
Boyd Converse (1967)
Eddie Kriwiel (1968)
Ben Wilson (1969–1970)
Bob Seaman (1971–1973)
Jim Wright (1974–1978)
Willie Jeffries (1979–1983)
Ron Chismar (1984–1986)

Wichita State Shockers head baseball coaches

Harry Hess (1899–1901)
C. P. Clark (1902)
Student managers (1903)
Walter P. Frantz (1904)
A. F. Holste (1905)
Willis Bates (1906–1908)
Roy K. Thomas (1909–1912)
E. V. Long (1913)
Willis Bates (1914)
Harry Buck (1915–1916)
Lamar Hoover (1917–1919)
No team (1920–1921)
Records unavailable (1922–1923)
No team (1924–1947)
Lyle Sturdy (1948)
Ken Gunning (1949–1951)
Robert S. Carlson (1951)
Norvell Neve (1951)
Dick Miller (1952–1953)
Forrest Jensen (1954–1955)
Jerry Bupp (1956)
Ray Morrison (1957–1960)
Dick Miller (1961)
No team (1962–1963)
Lanny Van Eman (1964)
Verlyn Anderson (1965–1970)
No team (1971–1977)
Gene Stephenson (1978–2013)
Todd Butler (2014– )

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