Misplaced Pages

Marchmont Schwartz

Schwartz, circa 1942
Biographical details
Born	(1909-03-20)March 20, 1909 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	April 18, 1991(1991-04-18) (aged 82) Danville, California, U.S.
Playing career
1929–1931	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1932–1933	Notre Dame (assistant)
1934	Chicago (assistant)
1935–1939	Creighton
1940–1941	Stanford (backfield)
1942–1950	Stanford
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1935–1939	Creighton
Head coaching record
Overall	47–50–6
Bowls	1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As coach: MVC (1936) As player: 2× National (1929, 1930)
Awards
Unanimous All-American (1931) Consensus All-American (1930)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1974 (profile)

Marchmont H. "Marchy" Schwartz (March 20, 1909 – April 18, 1991) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Notre Dame from 1929 to 1931, and was a two-time All-American at halfback. Schwartz served as the head football coach at Creighton University from 1935 to 1939 and at Stanford University from 1942 to 1950, compiling a career college football coaching record of 47–50–6; Stanford, like may other universities, suspended football during World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.

Early life and playing career

Schwartz was of Jewish heritage, and was a graduate of Saint Stanislaus College high school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. From 1929 to 1930, he led Notre Dame, coached by Knute Rockne, to a 19–0 record and consecutive national championships. In a game against Carnegie Tech in 1931, he rushed for 188 yards, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.

Coaching career

Schwartz served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame from 1932 to 1933 under Heartley Anderson, and at the University of Chicago in 1934 under Clark Shaughnessy. In 1940, Shaughnessy hired Schwartz as Stanford's backfield coach. He helped coach the 1940 "Wow Boys" that recorded a perfect season and won the 1941 Rose Bowl.

Death

Schwartz died on April 18, 1991, in Danville, California, to which he had retired, at age 82.

Head coaching record

References

1. Cavanaugh, Jack (September 10, 2010). The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781616081102.
2. Marchmont Schwartz is Shaughnessy's Aid, Associated Press, January 18, 1934.
3. NEA Staff, Stanford Alumni Change Tune, The Register-Guard, p. 16, December 22, 1940.
4. "Marchmont Schwartz Football Coach, 82". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 20, 1991. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
5. "The Man Who Ran After Gipp | Stories | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame". September 2022.

External links

• Marchmont Schwartz at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Marchmont Schwartz at Find a Grave

• 1909 births
• 1991 deaths
• American football halfbacks
• Chicago Maroons football coaches
• Creighton Bluejays athletic directors
• Creighton Bluejays football coaches
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
• Stanford Cardinal football coaches
• All-American college football players
• College Football Hall of Fame inductees
• Sportspeople from Danville, California
• Players of American football from Contra Costa County, California
• People from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• Sportspeople from New Orleans
• Players of American football from New Orleans
• Players of American football from Mississippi
• Jewish American players of American football
• 20th-century American Jews
• Jews from Louisiana