John H. Outland
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 7, 1871 Hesper, Kansas |
| Died | March 24, 1947 (aged 76) Laguna Beach, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1891–1892 | Penn (IA) |
| 1895–1896 | Kansas |
| 1897–1899 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Tackle, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1900 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 1901 | Kansas |
| 1904–1905 | Washburn |
| 1906 | Haskell Indian Nations |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–15–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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All-American, 1897 All-American, 1898 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2001 (profile) |
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John Henry Outland (March 7, 1871 – March 24, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He played football at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the University of Kansas, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was twice named an All-American while playing for the Penn Quakers, in 1897 as a tackle and in 1898 as a halfback. After playing, Outland coached at Franklin & Marshall College in 1900, the University of Kansas in 1901, and Washburn University from 1904 to 1905, compiling a career college football record of 21–15–2. He is the namesake of the Outland Trophy, an annual award established in 1946 and given to the best interior lineman in college football. Outland was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2001.
Outland was born in Hesper, Kansas to Thomas Outland and Mahala Outland (née Kemp) into a Quaker family who settled in Kansas from Indiana around 1860 during the Bleeding Kansas period as part of a larger Quaker immigration to Kansas in support of the Free state cause. He grew up mostly in Johnson County, Kansas in the towns of Lexington, Kansas (present day DeSoto, Kansas) and Edgerton, Kansas though. He was a member of the first football team at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1891. Outland captained the team in 1892, scoring 32 of the team's 36 points. After starring in football and baseball at the University of Kansas in 1895 and 1896, Outland went to Philadelphia to complete his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania. There he became one of the few men ever to win All-American football honors as both lineman and the backfield player. He was picked by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1897, as a tackle. In 1898, he was selected again, this time as a halfback. He was captain of the 1898 Pennsylvania team and was voted "Most Popular Man" at the University of Pennsylvania.
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