Norman G. Wann

Norman G. Wann

Wann pictured in Orient 1928, Ball State yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1882-07-08)July 8, 1882 Silverwood, Indiana, U.S.
Died	July 23, 1957(1957-07-23) (aged 75) Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1905	Earlham
Position(s)	Lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908–1909	Ottawa
1915–1917	Millikin
1919–1922	Millikin
1923–1924	Earlham
1925	Muncie Normal (assistant)
1926–1927	Muncie Normal / Ball Teachers
1929–1931	Detroit City College
Basketball
1908–1910	Ottawa
1915–1918	Millikin
1919–1923	Millikin
1923–1925	Earlham
Baseball
1909–1910	Ottawa
1916–1918	Millikin
1920–1921	Millikin
1927	Ball Teachers
Tennis
1932–1953	Detroit City College / Wayne
Head coaching record
Overall	74–40–10 (football) 128–79 (basketball) 43–39 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 IIAC (1916, 1919, 1920) 1 MWC (1922)

Norman Gillespie "Happy" Wann (July 8, 1882 – July 23, 1957) was an American college football player, track athlete, coach of multiple sports, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas (1908–1909), Millikin College (1915–1917, 1919–1922), Earlham College (1923–1924), Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School—now Ball State University (1926–1927), and the College of the City of Detroit—now Wayne State University (1929–1931), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 74–40–10. Wann was also the head basketball coach at Ottawa (1908–1910), Millikin (1915–1918, 1919–1923), and Earlham (1923–1925), amassing a career college basketball record of 128–79. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Ottawa (1909–1910), Millikin (1916–1918, 1920–1921), Ball Teachers College (1927), tallying a career college baseball mark of 43–39.

Wann attended Earlham College, where he played football as a lineman and ran track. He left campus in 1908 one credit short of his BBS degree, which he did not receive until 1922. Earlham served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. In 1929, he earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Wisconsin. After his retirement from coaching, he moved to Eagle Harbor Township, Michigan. He died there on July 23, 1957.^[1] Three years earlier, in 1954, he was inducted into Earlham's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1986, he was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletics Hall of Fame.^[2]

• Norman G. Wann at Find a Grave