James Edwin Addicott (February 23, 1869 – March 22, 1957) was an American college football coach and educator He served as the head football coach at San Jose State Normal School—now known as San Jose State University—in 1893, 1895, and 1900. Addicott was a fellow in the mathematics department at San Jose State from 1892 to 1900.[1] He later served as high school principal, at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans from 1904 to 1908 and San Francisco Polytechnic High School from 1914 to 1939.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1869 Taunton, England |
| Died | March 22, 1957 (aged 88) Los Gatos, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1893–1895 | San Jose State |
| 1900 | San Jose State |
Addicott wasborn on February 23, 1869, in Taunton, England.[2] He moved to the United States as a child, first to Ohio, and then to Modoc County, California, where as a teenager, he began teaching as a rural school, in the late 1880s. He graduated from San Jose State Normal School in 1890 and the St. Louis Manual Training School,in St. Louis, in 1891.[2] At the St. Louis Manual Training School, he played football as a center in the school's scimmage against Washington University. Addicot retired to Los Gatos, California in 1939. He died on March 22, 1957, at his home in Los Gatos.[3] He was buried at El Camelo Cemetery in Pacific Grove, California.[4]
References
edit- ^ "History of the Mathematics Department at San Jose State University". math.sjsu.edu. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Detwiler, Justice B., ed. (1929). Who's who in California : a biographical directory, 1928-29. San Francisco, California: Who's Who Publishing Company. p. 348. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Noted SJS Coach, James Addicott Dies". Daily Palo Alto Times. Palo Alto, California. March 25, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "James E. Addicott Dies in L.G. Home". Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer. Los Gatos, California. March 25, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved October 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
