(1892-07-09)July 9, 1892 Bloomfield, Indiana, U.S.
Died
July 3, 1975(1975-07-03) (aged 82) New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1912–1913
Purdue
1916–1917
Army
1920
Rochester Jeffersons
1921
Buffalo All-Americans
Basketball
1912–1915
Purdue
1915–1918
Army
Position(s)
Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Track
?
Army
Ice Hockey
?
Union
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1922–1924
Union
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1914)
Awards
Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame (1953)
Indiana Football Hall of Fame (1975)
Indiana’s Finest Amateur Athlete
Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame (1997)
Kappa Sigma Fraternity Hall of Fame (1997)
Army Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
First-team All-Pro (1921)
2× All-American (basketball) (1913-14 1914-15)
2× All-American (football) (1916, 1917)
2× All-Western (1912, 1913)
Army Athletic Association Trophy (1918)
FWAA College Football All-Time Team (1869–1919)
Yost All-time All-America Team
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1955 (profile)
Elmer Quillen "Catchy" or "Ollie" Oliphant (July 9, 1892 – July 3, 1975) was an American football, basketball and track player and coach. He is one of the great scorers in college football history, credited with a total of 435 points in his college career – 135 at Purdue and 300 at Army. Oliphant also went on to play in the National Football League (NFL).
Elmer Quillen "Catchy" or "Ollie" Oliphant (July 9, 1892 – July 3, 1975) was an American football, basketball and track player and coach. He is one of...
Harvard FB 1914 Eddie Mahan Harvard FB 1915 Bart Macomber Harvard HB 1916 ElmerOliphant Army FB 1917 Chic Harley Ohio State HB 1918 Pete Henry Washington &...
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1951 Chris Cagle HB 1926–1929 1954 Ed Garbisch C/OG 1921–1924 1954 ElmerOliphant FB 1916–1917 1955 Glenn Davis HB 1943–1946 1961 John McEwan C 1913–1916...
York: Harper Perennial. pp. 58, 131. ISBN 0-06-092762-3. Schmidt, Ray. "ElmerOliphant". College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 1996.{{cite...
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Senda Berenson appointed athletic director at Smith College. July 9 – ElmerOliphant, All-American at Purdue (died 1975) "Basket Football Game". Springfield...
(2025–Future) Head coaches Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) ElmerOliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930)...
(born Abraham Barshofsky; 1898–1976) Hal Clark, 1920-1925 editions ElmerOliphant, 1920 edition of the team Crippen, Kenneth (2009-07-29). The Rochester...
(2025–Future) Head coaches Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) ElmerOliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930)...
The Army–Navy Game was not played this season or the next. Halfback ElmerOliphant was a consensus first-team player on the All-America team and was later...
football player (Indianapolis) Mike Neal, football player (Merrillville) ElmerOliphant, football player (Washington) Mike Otto, football player (Bunker Hill)...
kick) 7–0 CHI BUF – TD: Steamer Horning blocked punt recovery in end zone (ElmerOliphant kick) 7–7 CHI – FG: Dutch Sternaman 20 yard field goal 10–7 CHI...
(2025–Future) Head coaches Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) ElmerOliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930)...
MacArthur Museum Association. Retrieved 19 April 2010. Schmidt, Ray. "ElmerOliphant". College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 1996.{{cite...
(2025–Future) Head coaches Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) ElmerOliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930)...
retroactively as the 1916 national champion by Parke H. Davis. Fullback ElmerOliphant from the 1916 Army team was a consensus first-team All-American and...
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