# Herbert Cheney

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{{Short description|American football coach and educator}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Herbert Cheney
| image = Herbert_Cheney.png
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|6|6}}
| birth_place = [Barnstable, Massachusetts](/source/Barnstable%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|1|13|1873|6|6}}
| death_place = [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington), U.S.
| alma_mater = [Ohio Wesleyan](/source/Ohio_Wesleyan_University) (AB, 1895)<br/>[Harvard](/source/Harvard_University) (AM, 1899)
| coach_years1 = 1902–1903
| coach_team1 = [Idaho State](/source/Idaho_State_Bengals_football)
| overall_record = 5–1–1
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''Herbert Denison Cheney'''{{efn|Online records for Idaho State University spell his surname both as Cheney and Chaney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://isubengals.com/sports/2014/3/9/FB_0309145742.aspx?id=160 |title=Year by Year Results |website=isubengals.com |publisher=Idaho State University Athletics |accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://isubengals.com/sports/2014/3/19/FB_0319143909.aspx?id=164 |title=Coach Records |website=isubengals.com |publisher=Idaho State University Athletics |accessdate=January 7, 2022}}</ref>}} (June 6, 1873 – January 13, 1931) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at the Academy of Idaho—now known as [Idaho State University](/source/Idaho_State_University)–from 1902 to 1903, compiling a record of 5–1–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://isubengals.com/documents/2011/8/30/media_guide.pdf?id=516|title=2011 Football Media Guide|publisher=[Idaho State Bengals](/source/Idaho_State_Bengals)|year=2011|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>

Cheney was an 1895 graduate of [Ohio Wesleyan University](/source/Ohio_Wesleyan_University) and earned his master's degree in ancient and modern languages from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVE_AQAAMAAJ|title=Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates|publisher=[Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)|year=1915|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhFOAAAAMAAJ|title=Harvard Alumni Directory|publisher=Harvard Alumni Association|year=1919|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref> As of September 1918, Cheney was teaching at [Gooding College](/source/Gooding_College) and living in [Gooding, Idaho](/source/Gooding%2C_Idaho), with his wife, Edna.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/557550842 |title=Draft Registration Card |publisher=[Selective Service System](/source/Selective_Service_System) |via=fold3.com |url-access=subscription |date=September 1918 |accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref> He had two daughters and two sons. Cheney died on January 13, 1931, after being struck by an automobile in [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington), while on his way to teach night classes at the [College of Puget Sound](/source/College_of_Puget_Sound).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92099337/auto-kills-teacher-at-cps/ |title=Auto Kills Teacher at C.P.S. |newspaper=[The News Tribune](/source/The_News_Tribune) |location=[Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington) |page=1 |date=January 14, 1931 |accessdate=January 8, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Academy of Idaho Bantams](/source/Idaho_State_Bengals_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1902
 | endyear   = 1903
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [1902](/source/1902_college_football_season)
 | name         = Academy of Idaho
 | overall      = 5–0
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [1903](/source/1903_college_football_season)
 | name         = Academy of Idaho
 | overall      = 0–1–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      =
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Academy of Idaho
 | overall    = 5–1–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 5–1–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|179036115}}
* [https://cdm16942.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16942coll10/id/66/rec/20 1902 Academy of Idaho football team photograph]  via oclc.org (Cheney in back row)

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Category:1873 births
Category:1931 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Barnstable, Massachusetts
Category:Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
Category:Idaho State Bengals football coaches
Category:Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
Category:University of Puget Sound faculty
Category:Road incident deaths in Washington (state)

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