Sport(s) Football, basketball 1912–1915 Alma 1918–1919 Idaho | 1909–1911 Carroll (WI) 1916–1917 Idaho Name Wilfred Bleamaster | |
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Born June 8, 1881
Lyons, Iowa ( 1881-06-08 ) Overall 28–27–5 (football)
10–2 (basketball) Died December 19, 1973, Santa Clara, California, United States | ||
Wilfred Charles Bleamaster (June 8, 1881 – December 19, 1973) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Carroll College—now Carroll University—in Waukesha, Wisconsin from 1909 to 1911, at Alma College from 1912 to 1915, and at the University of Idaho from 1916 to 1917, compiling a career college football record of 28–27–5. Bleamaster was also the head basketball coach at Idaho for the 1918–19 season, tallying a mark of 10–2.
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Carroll
Bleamaster the eighth head football coach for the Carroll College located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and he held that position for three seasons, from 1909 until 1911. His coaching record at Carroll was 12–6–2.
Alma
Bleamaster was the head football coach at Alma College in Alma, Michigan for four seasons (1912–1915), and compiled a record of 11–13–3.
Idaho
Bleamaster went west to the University of Idaho in Moscow to become its eighth head football coach. He coached the Idaho Vandals for the 1916 and 1917 seasons, and his teams posted a record of 5–8 in two seasons. Idaho did not field a football team in 1918, but Bleamaster succeeded Hec Edmundson as head coach of the Idaho Vandals basketball team for one season. He led Idaho to a 10–2 record and a championship in the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Conference in 1919.