Alvin H. Culver

Alvin H. Culver
Career information
Culver from The Ninety-Six Syllabus
Date of birth	(1873-03-09)March 9, 1873^[1]
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	July 17, 1955(1955-07-17) (aged 82)^[2]
Place of death	Cook County, Illinois
College	Northwestern
Career history
As coach
1895–1896	Northwestern
As player
1892–1893	Northwestern
1894	Chicago Athletic Association

Alvin H. Culver (March 9, 1873 – July 17, 1955) was an American football player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at Northwestern University, coaching two seasons from 1895 to 1896 and compiling a record of 12–6–2. This ranks him 13th at Northwestern in total wins and third at Northwestern in winning percentage.^[3] From 1892 to 1893, he also played college football, while attending the school. In 1894, he played for the Chicago Athletic Association alongside future Northwestern coach, Jesse Van Doozer, who had briefly dropped out of college to play one season with the team.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Northwestern Purple (Independent) (1895)
1895	Northwestern	6–5
Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1896)
1896	Northwestern	6–1–2	2–1–1	3rd
Northwestern:		12–6–2	2–1–1
Total:		12–6–2

References

External links

Alvin H. Culver at the College Football Data Warehouse

Northwestern Wildcats head football coaches

Paul Noyes (1893)
A. A. Ewing (1894)
Alvin H. Culver (1895–1896)
Jesse Van Doozer (1897)
W. H. Bannard (1898)
Charles M. Hollister (1899–1902)
Walter McCornack (1903–1905)
Alton Johnson (1908)
Bill Horr (1909)
Charles Hammett (1910–1912)
Dennis Grady (1913)
Fred J. Murphy (1914–1918)
Charlie Bachman (1919)
Elmer McDevitt (1920–1921)
Glenn Thistlethwaite (1922–1926)
Dick Hanley (1927–1934)
Pappy Waldorf (1935–1946)
Bob Voigts (1947–1954)
Lou Saban (1955)
Ara Parseghian (1956–1963)
Alex Agase (1964–1972)
John Pont (1973–1977)
Rick Venturi (1978–1980)
Dennis Green (1981–1985)
Francis Peay (1986–1991)
Gary Barnett (1992–1998)
Randy Walker (1999–2005)
Pat Fitzgerald (2006– )

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