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Sport(s)
  
Football

1893
  
Stanford

Position(s)
  
Halfback


1891–1892
  
Yale

1889
  
Yale

Name
  
C. Bliss

C. D. Bliss

Born
  
July 16, 1870 New York City, New York (
1870-07-16
)

Died
  
March 26, 1948(1948-03-26) (aged 77)

Clifford Douglas "Pop" Bliss (July 16, 1870 – March 26, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Stanford University, Haverford College, and the University of Missouri, compiling a career college football record of 15–6–1. Bliss played football at Yale University as a halfback alongside his brother, Laurie Bliss, who went on to coach at the United States Military Academy and Lehigh University.

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Playing career

Bliss was born in New York City and attended Yale University, where he played halfback. With his brother, Laurie Bliss, in the same backfield, he led Yale to back-to-back national championships and undefeated seasons in 1891 and 1892. Coached by Walter Camp, Yale did not allow opposing teams to score a single point in those two seasons.

Coaching career

In 1893, Bliss was named head football coach at Stanford University. Bliss, who had graduated from Yale the year before, was filling in for Walter Camp who was the school's first coach in 1892 and would return in 1894. Bliss' team was undefeated with one tie.

In 1894, Bliss coached Haverford College but the team did not win a single game. In 1895, Bliss became the fifth head coach for the University of Missouri–Columbia Tigers located in Columbia, Missouri where his team record was 7–1. This ranks him 19th at Missouri in total wins and second at Missouri in winning percentage.

References

C. D. Bliss Wikipedia