Madison G. Gonterman

American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer
PlacesUnited States of America
wasLawyer American football player
Work fieldLaw Sports
Gender
Male
Birth8 February 1871, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, USA
Death30 September 1941Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (aged 70 years)
Star signAquarius
Education
Harvard Law School
Sports Teams
Harvard Crimson football
The details

Biography

Madison Gillham Gonterman (February 8, 1871 – September 30, 1941) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1896 to 1897 and at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1899, compiling a career college football coaching record of 16–8–2. Replacing Edgar Syrett, Gonterman was also Indiana University's second athletic director from 1897 to 1898. He was succeeded by James H. Horne in 1898. Gonterman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899. He later acted as counsel in Massachusetts for the United States Railroad Administration.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Indiana Hoosiers (Independent)
1896Indiana6–3
1897Indiana6–1–1
Indiana:12–4–1
Knox Old Siwash (Independent)
1899Knox4–4–1
Knox:4–4–1
Total:16–8–2
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