Ernest Burton (American football)
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1900Maine
Overall4–4
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–4 |
Charles Ernest Burton was an American college football coach. He was the head coach of the University of Maine's football team in 1900 and compiled a 4–4 record.
Burton attended Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, and was captain of the school's baseball team in 1896.[1] He studied electrical engineering at Tufts University and graduated in 1900.[1][2]
After his one year at Maine, Burton worked as a mechanical engineer for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in Ensley, Alabama and was as a civil engineer in Portland, Maine.[3][4] In 1910, he married Katherine Bell Lamprey at the home of her brother-in-law, U.S. Representative Charles L. Underhill.[5]
