Henri Godfriaux

Henri Godfriaux

Biographical details
Born	c. 1888
Died	(1954-03-05)March 5, 1954 (aged 65) Liberty, Missouri, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1917	Plattsburg HS (MO)
1919–1920	Plattsburg HS (MO)
1921–1924	Marshall HS (MO)
1925–1936	Missouri Valley
1937–1946	William Jewell
Basketball
1941–1946	William Jewell
Head coaching record
Overall	87–62–12 (college football) 18–57 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 8 MCAU (1927, 1929, 1932–1933, 1935–1938)

Henri Godfriaux (c. 1888 – March 5, 1954) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri, from 1925 to 1936, and William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, from 1937 to 1946, compiling a career college football coaching record of 87–62–12. Godfriaux was also the head basketball coach at William Jewell from 1941 to 1946, tallying a mark of 18–57.

Godfriaux died at the age of 65, on March 5, 1954, at his home in Liberty, after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had been diagnosed with cancer.^[1]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Missouri Valley Vikings (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1925–1936)
1925	Missouri Valley	3–3–1	2–3–1	6th
1926	Missouri Valley	5–2	4–2	4th
1927	Missouri Valley	7–0	6–0	1st
1928	Missouri Valley	6–1–1	4–1–1	2nd
1929	Missouri Valley	7–0–1	4–0	1st
1930	Missouri Valley	4–4–1	2–3	T–4th
1931	Missouri Valley	5–3–1	2–1–1	3rd
1932	Missouri Valley	6–1–1	4–0	1st
1933	Missouri Valley	4–2–1	2–0–1	1st
1934	Missouri Valley	1–7–1	1–3	T–4th
1935	Missouri Valley	6–3	3–1	1st
1936	Missouri Valley	5–3	3–1	T–1st
Missouri Valley:		59–29–8	37–15–4
William Jewell Cardinals (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1937–1946)
1937	William Jewell	3–3–1	3–0–1	T–1st
1938	William Jewell	5–2	4–0	1st
1939	William Jewell	3–5	2–2	3rd
1940	William Jewell	1–7–1	1–2–1	4th
1941	William Jewell	4–4	3–1	2nd
1942	William Jewell	4–3–1	2–1	2nd
1943	No team—World War II
1944	William Jewell	4–4–1
1945	No team—World War II
1946	William Jewell	4–5	2–2	3rd
William Jewell:		28–33–4	17–8–2
Total:		87–62–12
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Henri Godfriaux Dies". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. March 6, 1954. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .