| John C. O'Connor | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 21, 1878 Bradford, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 5, 1922 (aged 43) Manchester, New Hampshire |
| Playing career | |
| 1898–1901 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1903 1904 1907–1908 | Bowdoin Virginia Tech Dartmouth |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–14–2 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
John Christopher O'Connor (December 21, 1878 – January 5, 1922) was an American football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1902 to 1903, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1904, and at Dartmouth College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career college football record of 26–14–2. O'Connor played football at Dartmouth from 1898 to 1901, and captained the team in 1901.[1][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
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowdoin Polar Bears (Independent) (1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Bowdoin | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1903 | Bowdoin | 4–5 | |||||||
| Bowdoin: | 7–10 | ||||||||
| Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Virginia Tech | 5–3 | |||||||
| Virginia Tech: | 5–3 | ||||||||
| Dartmouth Indians (Independent) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Dartmouth | 8–0–1 | |||||||
| 1908 | Dartmouth | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 14–1–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 26–14–2 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Football Letterwinners". DartmouthSports.com. Dartmouth College. July 6, 2010. http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=48870&SPID=4719&DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=204965944&ATCLPID=6#O. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Dartmouth's Football Captain". The New York Times. November 21, 1900. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00817FB3D5811738DDDA80A94D9415B808CF1D3. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ↑ "New Hampshire Necrology". The Granite Monthly LIV (1): 69–70. January 1922. http://books.google.com/books?id=w85YAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA69. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
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