J. Merrill Blanchard

American football player and sports coach (1881–1914)

J. Merrill Blanchard
Biographical details
Born	(1881-04-26)April 26, 1881 Winterport, Maine, U.S.
Died	April 3, 1914(1914-04-03) (aged 32) Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	Bowdoin College (1903)^[1]
Playing career
Football
c. 1902	Bowdoin

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1904–1905	William & Mary
1906–1907	Washington University
1908–1909	Whitman
1910	William & Mary
Basketball
1905–1906	William & Mary
1906–1908	Washington University
Baseball
1905–1906	William & Mary

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1905–1906	William & Mary

Head coaching record
Overall	17–29–6 (football) 14–7 (basketball)

Jesse Merrill Blanchard (April 26, 1881 – April 3, 1914)^[2] was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1904–1905, 1910), Washington University in St. Louis (1906–1907), and Whitman College (1908–1909).

Playing career

Blanchard played college football as a quarterback at Bowdoin College.^[3]

Coaching career

Blanchard was the first head coach of the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team, in 1905–06.^[4] In the inaugural season of William & Mary's basketball program, Blanchard led the team to a 4–1 record.^[4] It was his first and last season with the Tribe despite the success. Blanchard also coached the William & Mary football team from 1904 to 1905 and again in 1910, compiling a record of 6–14–2.^[5]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
William & Mary Orange and White (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1904–1905)
1904	William & Mary	3–3	1–1
1905	William & Mary	2–4–1	0–2
Washington University (Independent) (1906)
1906	Washington University	2–2–2
Washington University (Missouri Valley Conference) (1907)
1907	Washington University	1–5–1	0–1	5th
Washington University:		3–7–3	0–1
Whitman Fighting Missionaries (Independent) (1908–1909)
1908	Whitman	4–5^[6]
1909	Whitman	4–3–1^[7]
Whitman:		8–8–1
William & Mary Orange and Black (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910)
1910	William & Mary	1–7–1	1–2	3rd
William & Mary:		6–14–2	2–5
Total:		17–29–6

Basketball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1905–1906)
1905–06	William & Mary	4–1
William & Mary:		4–1
Total:		4–1

References

^ "The Colonial Echo 1905" (PDF). College of William & Mary. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
^ "Bowdoin Orient". Bowdoin College. 1915.
^ "J. Merrill Blanchard Will Coach Whitman". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 13, 1908. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
^ ^a ^b William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08 Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 24, 2008.
^ William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007 Archived July 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.
^ Waiilatpu, Walla Walla, WA, 1910, pp. 167–180, retrieved May 29, 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Waiilatpu, Walla Walla, WA, 1911, pp. 181–196, retrieved May 29, 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

J. Merrill Blanchard at Find a Grave

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J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1917)
Harry Young (1917–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
L. Tucker Jones (1928–1929)
John Kellison (1929–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1934–1937)
John Kellison (1937–1939)
Dwight Stuessy (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1945–1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1946–1947)
Barney Wilson (1947–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1951–1952)
Boydson Baird (1952–1957)
Bill Chambers (1957–1966)
Warren Mitchell (1966–1972)
Ed Ashnault (1972–1974)
George Balanis (1974–1977)
Bruce Parkhill (1977–1983)
Barry Parkhill (1983–1987)
Chuck Swenson (1987–1994)
Charlie Woollum (1994–2000)
Rick Boyages (2000–2003)
Tony Shaver (2003–2019)
Dane Fischer (2019–2024)
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J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
Billy Gooch (1928–1939)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1957)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
H. Lester Hooker (1963–1971)
Ben Carnevale (1972–1981)
Jim Copeland (1981–1985)
John Randolph (1985–1995)
Terry Driscoll (1995–2017)
Samantha Huge (2017–2020)
Jeremy Martin # (2020–2021)
Brian Mann (2021– )

# denotes interim athletic director

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Edwin W. Lee (1898)
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Washington University Bears men's basketball head coaches

M. P. Burroughs (1904–1905)
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J. Merrill Blanchard (1906–1908)
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R. L. Thomas (1914–1915)
George Fricke (1915–1917)
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Mathew Brown (1920–1921)
Clarence Applegran (1921–1923)
Donald White (1923–1935)
Hudson Hellmich (1935–1940)
Bob Kinnan (1940–1943)
Lawrence McCreary (1943–1944)
Charles Heiser (1944–1945)
Bob Kinnan (1945–1946)
Ray Blake (1946–1947)
Blair Gullion (1947–1952)
John Palcheff (1952–1953)
Blair Gullion (1953–1959)
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