1925-26 Alabama Alma mater University of Alabama Name Herschel Caldwell | 1930-71 Duke (assistant) Position(s) End/Fullback | |
Born August 13, 1903
Des Arc, Missouri ( 1903-08-13 ) 1927-29 Sidney Lanier High School Died July 31, 1989, Durham, North Carolina, United States | ||
Herschel Amos Caldwell (August 13, 1903 – July 31, 1989) was a college football player and coach.
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University of Alabama
Caldwell was a prominent end and fullback for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama.
1925
He was a member of the first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl in 1925.
1926
He was selected All-Southern in 1926. Caldwell made the extra point to tie Stanford in the Rose Bowl the next year. Caldwell was called by one source "one of the greatest defensive backs the South has produced in years." He also caught many balls thrown by Hoyt Winslett.
Sidney Lanier High
He later coached, first at Sidney Lanier High School.
Duke
Caldwell then coached under his former mentor Wade as an assistant at Duke. He remained in this capacity in one form or another, working from freshman coach to varsity end coach, for forty years.