John W. Heisman
Heisman at Georgia Tech c. 1918
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 23, 1869 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | October 3, 1936 (aged 66) New York, New York |
| Alma mater | |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1887–1889 | Brown |
| 1890–1891 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Center, tackle, end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1892 | Oberlin |
| 1893–1894 | Buchtel |
| 1894 | Oberlin |
| 1895–1899 | Auburn |
| 1900–1903 | Clemson |
| 1904–1919 | Georgia Tech |
| 1920–1922 | Penn |
| 1923 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1924–1927 | Rice |
| Basketball | |
| 1908–1909 | Georgia Tech |
| 1912–1914 | Georgia Tech |
| Baseball | |
| 1894 | Buchtel |
| 1899–1904 | Clemson |
| 1904–1917 | Georgia Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1904–1919 | Georgia Tech |
| 1924–1927 | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 186–70–18 (football) 9–14 (basketball) 219–119–7 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 National (1917) 1 Southern (1915) 6 SIAA (1900, 1902–1903, 1916–1918) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile) |
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John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a player and coach of American football, basketball, and baseball, as well as a sportswriter and actor.
He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College (1892, 1894), Buchtel College (now known as the University of Akron) (1893–1894), Auburn University (1895–1899), Clemson University (1900–1903), Georgia Tech (1904–1919), the University of Pennsylvania (1920–1922), Washington & Jefferson College (1923), and Rice University (1924–1927), compiling a career college football record of 186–70–18. His 1917 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado were recognized as the national champion.
Heisman was the head basketball coach at Georgia Tech (1908–1909, 1912–1914), tallying a mark of 9–14, and the head baseball coach at Buchtel (1894), Clemson (1899–1904), and Georgia Tech (1904–1917), amassing a career college baseball record of 219–119–7. He served as the athletic director at Georgia Tech from 1904 to 1919 and at Rice from 1924 to 1927. While at Georgia Tech, he also was president of the Atlanta Crackers baseball team.
Fuzzy Woodruff dubbed Heisman the "pioneer of Southern football". Heisman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. His entry there notes that Heisman "stands only behind Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, and Walter Camp as a master innovator of the brand of football of his day". One writer says Heisman, Stagg, and Warner constitute the "Football Trinity". The Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the season's most outstanding college football player, is named after him.
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