| Biographical details | |
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| Born | (1903-08-13)August 13, 1903 Des Arc, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | July 31, 1989(1989-07-31) (aged 85) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1925-26 | Alabama |
| Position(s) | End/Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1927-29 | Sidney Lanier High School |
| 1930-71 | Duke (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1926) | |
Herschel Amos Caldwell (August 13, 1903 – July 31, 1989) was a college football player and coach.
Caldwell was a prominent end and fullback for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama.
He was a member of the first Southern team to win a Rose Bowlin1925.
He was selected All-Southernin1926.[1] Caldwell made the extra point to tie Stanford in the Rose Bowl the next year.[2] Caldwell was called by one source "one of the greatest defensive backs the South has produced in years."[3] He also caught many balls thrown by Hoyt Winslett.[4]
He later coached, first at Sidney Lanier High School.[5]
Caldwell then coached under his former mentor Wade as an assistant at Duke. He remained in this capacity in one form or another, working from freshman coach to varsity end coach, for forty years.[6]
Herschel Caldwell – awards and honors
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