Appleton A. Mason
Mason pictured in Jambalaya 1911, Tulane yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1880 Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | December 20, 1938 (aged 58) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1905 | Springfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1909 | Warrensburg Teachers |
| 1910–1912 | Tulane |
| 1918 | NYU |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1910 | Warrensburg Teachers |
| 1912–1913 | Tulane |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1908–1909 | Warrensburg Teachers |
| 1910–1913 | Tulane |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–23–4 (football) 23–13 (basketball) |
Appleton Adams Mason (June 11, 1880 – December 20, 1938) was an American college football and college basketball coach and physical education instructor. He served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers College—now known as the University of Central Missouri—from 1908 to 1909, Tulane University from 1910 to 1912, and New York University (NYU) in 1918, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 15–23–4. Mason was also the head basketball coach Warrensburg Teachers from 1908 to 1910 and at Tulane for the 1912–13 season, tallying a career college basketball head coaching mark of 23–13. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, and died on December 20, 1938, in the New Rochelle Hospital in New Rochelle, New York.
Mason attended Springfield College, where he was a captain of the football team and competed on the track and field team.