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- 5 Sept, 1905.
GREAT COACH COMES TO TOWN FOR DAY, - REAL WORK NEXT WEEK - LARGEST QUART BENTON HARBOR HAS EVER HAD. Teetzel, the great Teetzel, the Teetzel who is to give Benton Harbor the champion high school team of the state this season, was in the city yesterday. He brought a severe case of he fever, & for the past 24 hrs. the epidemic has spread until scores are victims of the malady. With in 2 weeks everybody will have it but there will be no quarantine until after Thanksgiving. It is not yellow fever, bur orange & black, in a general way, football fever.
Coach Has High Hopes: Teetzel is going to coach Benton harbor again this season..."we are going to have a great team this year. The best perhaps, we ever had - if the boys work hard. We have plenty of good material & I know the spirit of the Benton Harbor high school candidate. In 2 weeks we will begin to get a line on things in the pigskin world."
the coach was her yesterday from Chicago, a guest of Prof. & Mrs. McCelland. Last night he return to Chicago of close up his business affairs.
Since he left Benton Harbor last Nov., Teetzel has been in the far west. He spent much of the time on the mountains & in consequence returns to BH fully 25 pounds heavier than he was last season. He has the same happy smile. Last year's members of the team do not seem to appreciate Teetzel's added weight. In remembrance of the line bucking he indulged in during practice, singling out a certain position to show a player his weak points, one of the boys, sizing up the coach yesterday, exclaimed, "Whew, are we to buck up against that this wall."
. 1905 Sep 9 Sept. LOOKS GOOD TO TEETZEL, Coach gives candidates first try out.
Teetzel has 7 vets. Plenty of Material for Team building.
- Dozens of alike football match articles may be found in the 1905, News the Daily Palladium.
. 1916 Jan 12. Teetzel May Practice Law At Logan, Jan 12
Special to the Telegram. among the rumors that have sprung up to explain each C T Teetzel's intends resignation or vacation from the agricultural college is one that the intends to practice law. The coach, however, is reticent on the matter, but denies that he is contemplating accepting a coaching position in southern California.Teetzel is a graduate of Ann Arbor law school & his friends believe his intentions are to enter law as a vocation & giving up coaching for good.
Ref: Salt Lake Telegram.
. 1948 Jul 22nd. Admitted: South Haven Hospital: - C T Teetzel, 615 North Shore Dr., South Haven.
Ref: News Palladium, published 1848 Jul 27th.
. 1948 Jul 30, News Palladium, Benton Harbor, Michigan
B.H. OLD-TIMERS NOTE DEATHS OF FOOTBALL HEROS
Old time Benton Harbor high school football fans noted 2 deaths this week which recalled outstanding figures in local gridiron history back at the turn of the century, when the Orange & Black teams were always either winning or seriously contending for the state football championships.
At South Haven, Thursday morning, Clayton M. Teetzel, 71 dies of a heart attack. Teetzel coached the football team here in the years 1904 & 1905. He was an early day Chicago University football star & came to Benton Harbor after graduation. Teetzel turned out crack local teams. For years he had spent vacations at South Haven.
The death of Claude M. Jones another local grid star occurred last Monday at Kansas City. Jones was a crack halfback on Coach Teetzel's teams. Other Teetzel stars included Cleve Lester & Fred Handy. Lester, who played brilliantly at end, today was mourning the deaths of his coach & "Galloping Jones." Teetzel induced handy, who played center, to go to Chicago, where he made the varsity team &, until his death, maintained a warm friendship with coach Teetzel.
- We were running drills at the Old Athletic Field when we first met Clayton Teetzel. It was a clear day, warm & dry with the feel of early autumn, & a large crowd of men had gathered to have a look at him. We knew who he was the minute he stepped from Do's buggy. He was ramrod straight, tall with a medium build. His hair was brown, short on the sides & long on top, & he had a firm jawline. I'd say he was about 25 at the time, although he could have passed for younger. He was dressed in kickers & a sweater, which was standard garb for a football coach back then & he was wearing a pair of orange socks. Our school colors were orange & black.
The way we played the game: a true story of one team- By John Armstrong.
Clayton Tryon Teetzel (August 26, 1876 – July 29, 1948) was an American athlete & athletic coach. He played American football & competed in track for the University of Michigan from 1897 to 1899 & later coached football, basketball & track at Michigan Sate Normal Collage, Benton Harbor High School, Brigham Young University & Utah State University.
Early Years:
Teetzel was born in Michigan in 1876. His father, William H. Teetzel, was a native of Canada who worked as a traveling salesman. His mother, Carrie Teetzel, was a native of Michigan. At the time of the 1800 US Census, Teetzel was living with his parents & older brother, William H. Teetzel, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The family later moved to Chicago where the father worked as a salesman. Teetzel became a track star at Englewood High School in 1894.
In 1895, Teetzel transferred to the Michigan Military Academy in Orchard Lake, but returned to Englewood High School for his senior year in 1896. During his high school career, he won Illinois state high school championships in the 440-yard dash & 880-yard run, & finished in the top three in the 220-yard dash & the mile run. Teetzel also played football for Englewood. After leading Englewood to a 28–6 victory over rival Lake View, a Chicago newspaper wrote:"The playing of Teetzel was the feature of the game. The Lake View men seemed unable to stop him when he had the ball & hit their line for repeated gains. At one time he broke through the line of the opposing team & carried the ball 100 yards for a touchdown & made many runs of from 30 to 40 yards." The Englewood school newspaper lauded his contributions as follows: "Clayton Teetzel, at Right Half Back, deserves considerable more space than we can allot to him. He is as good a player as Englewood High School has ever turned out, & is capable of playing on almost any college team in the country. A swift runner, dodger & exceedingly difficult to tackle, he hits the line with almost irresistible force. All the praise & flattery that he gets fails to make him conceited, which amount to a virtue in his case. He probably has carried the oval more yards than any other high school player in the country this year."
Ref: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -
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1876 - 1948 (71 years)