1. Charlie Bachman served as the head football coach of Northwestern University, Kansas State Agricultural College, the University of Florida, Michigan State College, and Hillsdale College Bachman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1978.
Charlie Bachman received his high school education at Englewood High School in Chicago, where he was standout athlete in football and track and field.
Charlie Bachman attended the University of Notre Dame from 1914 to 1916, and played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team alongside Knute Rockne.
Charlie Bachman was named an All-American at guard in 1916, making Walter Camp's second team.
Charlie Bachman briefly held the world record in the discus throw during the spring of 1917, and spent the 1917 fall season helping to coach the football team at DePauw University.
In 1918, Charlie Bachman returned to the field, playing center for the legendary US Navy team at Great Lakes Naval Station.
In 1919, at age 26, Charlie Bachman began his head coaching career at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Charlie Bachman coached Kansas State's first All-American, and under his leadership the school permanently returned to its former nickname of Wildcats and began using a live bobcat as a mascot.
Charlie Bachman couldn't sit down and talk without drawing plays or something.
Charlie Bachman left Florida to become the head football coach of Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan, coaching from 1933 to 1942 and from 1944 to 1946.
In 1953, Charlie Bachman was named the head football coach at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan.
Charlie Bachman was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as an "honorary letter winner" in 1971, and later, the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978.
Charlie Bachman died in Port Charlotte, Florida in 1985; he was 93 years old.