Amos Parker Foster was an American college football and college basketball player and coach in the early 1900s.
12 Facts About Amos Foster
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Amos Foster was a 1904 graduate of Dartmouth College where he lettered in both basketball and football.
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Amos Foster was born on March 10,1880, in Keene, New Hampshire.
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Amos Foster graduated from Cushing Academy in 1899, where he had played on several athletic teams.
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Amos Foster spent the next year doing college preparatory work at Cushing and was a member of the graduate basketball team, which was named All-New England champion after winning in a tournament of 35 top teams.
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Amos Foster lettered in football in 1902 and 1903 for Dartmouth.
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Amos Foster was a three-year letter winner for Dartmouth in basketball, lettering in 1901,1902 and 1903.
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Amos Foster started his coaching career while still at Dartmouth, when he took a job as head basketball coach at the Bradford Academy.
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Amos Foster was head coach at the University of Cincinnati in both football and basketball.
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Amos Foster coached the Cincinnati football team for two seasons 1904 and 1905.
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Amos Foster was the head coach of the basketball squad at Cincinnati from 1904 to 1909.
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Amos Foster was head football coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for the 1907 and 1908 seasons.