Biographical details | |
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Born | Clayton, Illinois, U.S. | August 26, 1876
Died | January 3, 1954 Carthage, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 77)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1902 | Illinois |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1918 | Camp Grant |
1921–1935 | Carthage |
Basketball | |
1921–1927 | Carthage |
Track | |
1911–1917 | Northwestern |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1921–1936 | Carthage |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 54–55–18 (football) |
Lewis Omer (August 28, 1876 – January 3, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and track coach.[1][2][3]
Omer was born in 1876 in Clayton, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 1902.[4]
After graduating from Illinois, Omer became a school teacher. He then coached track and worked in the athletic department at Northwestern University from 1911 to 1917.[4] He joined the United States Army in 1917, reached the rank of major, and was discharged in 1921.[4]
From 1921 to 1936, Omer was the athletic director at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois.[4] He was also the head coach for the Carthage Red Men football team for 15 seasons, from 1921 until 1935 compiling a record of 51–52–18.[5][6] Omer later served as a mathematics professor at Carthage.[4]