Johnny Poe

Johnny Poe

Poe pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1893
Date of birth	(1874-02-26)February 26, 1874
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland
Date of death	September 25, 1915(1915-09-25) (aged 41)
Place of death	near Loos, France
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback/Quarterback
College	Princeton
Career history
As coach
1893–1894	Virginia
1896–1896	Navy
1897	Princeton (assistant)
1902–1903	Princeton (assistant)
1906	Princeton (assistant)
1908–1909	Princeton (assistant)
As player
1891–1892	Princeton
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record: 21–8
Military career
Allegiance	United States Honduras Great Britain
Service/branch	U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps Honduran Army British Army
Years of service	1898 1898–1899 1903 1907–1908 1915
Rank	Corporal (USA) Captain (Honduras) Private (Great Britain)
Unit	5th Maryland Infantry 23rd U. S. Infantry Kentucky National Guard Royal Garrison Artillery the Black Watch
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Black Patch Wars Banana Wars World War I
Relations	Edgar Allan Poe (cousin) John P. Poe, Sr. (father) Edgar A. Poe (brother) Art Poe (brother) Gresham Poe (brother) Bradley T. Johnson (cousin)
Other work	cowboy, miner

John Prentiss Poe, Jr. (February 26, 1874 – September 25, 1915) was an American college football player and coach, soldier, Marine, and soldier of fortune, whose exploits on the gridiron and the battlefield contributed to the lore and traditions of the Princeton Tigers football program.

Prentiss, known as "Johnny", was born February 26, 1874 in Baltimore, Maryland, to John P. Poe, Sr., and Anne Johnson Hough. He was the third of six sons in a family that also included three daughters. John Sr. was a prominent attorney, and relative of the American writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe. John Sr. was an 1856 graduate of Princeton University and would later serve as Attorney General of Maryland. Anne Hough was from a Maryland family who supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Her nephew, Bradley T. Johnson served as a Confederate general, and her brother, Gresham Hough, fought with Mosby's raiders.

All six Poe brothers attended The Carey School for Boys which later became the Boys' Latin School of Baltimore and all wound up playing football for Princeton. The oldest, S. Johnson Poe, played halfback and also played on Princeton's national champion lacrosse team. The second son, Edgar A. Poe, was captain of the football team, and later served as Attorney General of Maryland, like his father. The fourth son, Neilson Poe, also played halfback. Fifth son, Arthur Poe, was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. Finally, the sixth son, Gresham Poe, played quarterback, and followed Johnny as head coach at Virginia.