10-07-2017, 04:00 PM
Being curious, I wiki'd John Wm. H***man, the coach for whom the Downtown Athletic Club named its trophy. A most interesting read...
 Basically, he was the Charlie Weis of early college football: Nine jobs between 1892 and 1927 (inc. two stints at Oberlin).
 At GaTech in 1916, he coached the most lopsided win in football history -- 220-0 vs Cumberland College -- but two years later, against Pop Warner's UPitt, karma...
 From wiki: At Forbes Field, the dressing rooms of the two teams were separated only by a thin wall. As the Panthers were sitting around, awaiting Warner's pre-game talk, H***man began to orate in the adjoining room. In his charge to the Tech squad, H***man became flowery and fiery. He brought the heroes of ancient Greece and the soldier dead in his armor among the ruins of Pompeii. It was terrific and the Panthers sat, spellbound. When H***man had finished, Warner chortled and quietly said to his players: 'Okay, boys. There's the speech. Now go out and knock them off.'
 Final score: UPitt 32, GaTech 0.
 Most of H***man's career was spent at colleges below the Mason-Dixon line. Could this partially explain the predilection of current trophy voters?
 Basically, he was the Charlie Weis of early college football: Nine jobs between 1892 and 1927 (inc. two stints at Oberlin).
 At GaTech in 1916, he coached the most lopsided win in football history -- 220-0 vs Cumberland College -- but two years later, against Pop Warner's UPitt, karma...
 From wiki: At Forbes Field, the dressing rooms of the two teams were separated only by a thin wall. As the Panthers were sitting around, awaiting Warner's pre-game talk, H***man began to orate in the adjoining room. In his charge to the Tech squad, H***man became flowery and fiery. He brought the heroes of ancient Greece and the soldier dead in his armor among the ruins of Pompeii. It was terrific and the Panthers sat, spellbound. When H***man had finished, Warner chortled and quietly said to his players: 'Okay, boys. There's the speech. Now go out and knock them off.'
 Final score: UPitt 32, GaTech 0.
 Most of H***man's career was spent at colleges below the Mason-Dixon line. Could this partially explain the predilection of current trophy voters?