Dudley DeGroot
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track and field, swimming, water polo, rugby |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 10, 1899 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | May 5, 1970 (aged 70) El Cajon, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1922 | Stanford |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1922 | Stanford |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1928 | Santa Barbara State |
| 1932–1939 | San Jose State |
| 1940–1943 | Rochester (NY) |
| 1944–1945 | Washington Redskins |
| 1946–1947 | Los Angeles Dons |
| 1948–1949 | West Virginia |
| 1950–1952 | New Mexico |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1929 | Santa Barbara State |
| Baseball | |
| 1928 | Santa Barbara State |
| Track & field | |
| 1927–1928 | Santa Barbara State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1926–1928 | Santa Barbara State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 117–67–9 (college football) 26–16–3 (NFL/AAFC) 8–24 (college basketball) 2–4 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 NCAC (1932, 1934) 1 CCAA (1939) |
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| Awards | |
| Football All-American, 1922 |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rugby union | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1924 Paris | Rugby |
Dudley Sargent "Dud" DeGroot (November 10, 1899 – May 5, 1970) was an American athlete and coach, primarily of American football. He served as the head coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 and 1945, tallying a mark of 14–5–1; his winning percentage of .737 is the best in franchise history for coaches with at least one full season. DeGroot was also the head football coach at Santa Barbara State College—now the University of California, Santa Barbara (1926–1928), San Jose State University (1932–1939), the University of Rochester (1940–1943), West Virginia University (1948–1949), and the University of New Mexico (1950–1952), compiling a career college football record of 117–67–9. In addition, he served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) from 1946 to 1947.
DeGroot's collegiate participation in sports records that at Stanford University he competed in basketball, football, swimming, and water polo. Playing under the head coach, Pop Warner, he became the Stanford Cardinal football team captain in 1922 and their first All-American athlete.
In both 1923 and 1924, DeGroot was the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, 4A, ICAAAA, or IC4A, backstroke champion.
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