{{Short description|American football player and educator (1900–1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football person |name = Charles Buell |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |position1 = [[Quarterback]] |birth_date = January 21, 1900 |birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S. |death_date = June 14, 1964 (aged 64) |death_place = [[Concord, New Hampshire]], U.S. |number = |College = [[Harvard College]] |high_school = |playing_years1 = |playing_team1 = [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard]] |career_highlights = * First-team [[All-American]] ([[1922 College Football All-America Team|1922]]) }}
'''Charles Chauncey Buell''' (January 21, 1900 – June 14, 1964) was an American [[American football|football]] player and educator.
Buell was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], and attended the [[Pomfret School]]. He enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] at age 18 during [[World War I]]. After his discharge from the military, Buell enrolled at [[Harvard College]].<ref name=NYT/> He played college football at the [[quarterback]] position for the [[Harvard Crimson football]] team from 1919 to 1922 and was selected as captain of Harvard's 1922 team.<ref name=NYT2>{{cite news|title=Buell Is Elected Harvard Captain: Quarterback Will Lead Football Forces Next Season--An All-Around Athlete|date=December 2, 1921|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/12/02/archives/buell-is-elected-harvard-captain-quarterback-will-lead-football.html}}</ref> and was selected by ''[[Athletic World (magazine)|Athletic World]]'' magazine, [[Billy Evans]], [[Norman E. Brown]], and the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau as a first-team quarterback on the [[1922 College Football All-America Team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Some Team!|work=The Lima News|date=1922-12-13}}(Athletic World team)</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Norman E. Brown|title=Below Wins Place on 'All-American' Eleven Selected by Prominent Sports Writer: Harry Kipke Named as Year's Best All-Round Man|work=Capital Times|location=Madison, WI|date=1922-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Billy Evans|title=Big Ten Given Eleven Places on Honor Roll: Kirk, Kirke and Goebel Named|work=The Lima News|date=1922-12-13}}</ref><ref name=Rome>{{cite news|title=Michigan Proves A Favorite: Consensus Vote of Sports Writers Shows Wolverines Have Most Men Picked|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1922-12-27}}(Romelke team)</ref> Buell also played for the Harvard baseball team.<ref name=NYT2/>
After graduating from Harvard, Buell became a teacher. He taught history at [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] in Hartford and then became head of the history department at [[Milton Academy]]. He also served as an assistant football coach at Harvard while pursuing graduate studies there. Buell later served as the headmaster at [[Greenwich Country Day School]] from 1941 to 1943. In 1943, he joined the faculty of [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]]. He served as head of the department of public affairs at St. Paul's from 1943 until his death in 1964.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Charles C. Buell, School Aide, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 15, 1964|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/15/charles-c-buell-school-aide-dies.html?_r=0}}</ref>
Buell and his wife, Eleanor had a son, Charles C. Buell.<ref name=NYT/>
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