John Christopher O'Connor (December 21, 1878 – January 5, 1922) was an American college football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1902 to 1903, at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1904, and at Dartmouth College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career coaching record of 26–14–2. O'Connor played football at Dartmouth from 1898 to 1901, and captained the team in 1901.[1][2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1878 Bradford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1922 (aged 43) Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1898–1901 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1903 | Bowdoin |
| 1904 | VPI |
| 1907–1908 | Dartmouth |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–14–2 |
O'Connor was born in Bradford, Massachusetts on December 21, 1878. He graduated from Haverhill High School in 1898, Dartmouth College in 1902, and the Bowdoin Medical School in 1905. O'Connor served on the staff of the Eliot and Balch hospitals in Manchester, New Hampshire. He died there on January 5, 1922.[3]
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin Polar Bears (Independent) (1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Bowdoin | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1903 | Bowdoin | 4–5 | |||||||
| Bowdoin: | 7–10 | ||||||||
| VPI (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | VPI | 5–3 | |||||||
| VPI: | 5–3 | ||||||||
| Dartmouth (Independent) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Dartmouth | 8–0–1 | |||||||
| 1908 | Dartmouth | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 14–1–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 26–14–2 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Football Letterwinners". DartmouthSports.com. Dartmouth College. July 6, 2010. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Dartmouth's Football Captain" (PDF). The New York Times. November 21, 1900. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ Metcalf, Henry Harrison; McClintock, John Norris (January 1922). "New Hampshire Necrology". The Granite Monthly. LIV (1): 69–70. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
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