Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
---|---|
Biographical details | |
Born | Auburn, Alabama |
Alma mater | Auburn University |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1910–1912 | Auburn |
Position(s) | Fullback, quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1913 | Clemson (assistant) |
1919 | Wofford |
1922–1926 | Wofford |
Basketball | |
1919–1920 | Wofford |
1921–1926 | Wofford |
Baseball | |
1919–1920 | Wofford |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–34–1 (football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1912) |
J. P. "Rip" Major was a college football player and coach.
Major was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.
Major was captain of the team in 1912. He was selected All-Southern.
Major coached the Wofford Terriers football teams of Wofford College in 1919 and from 1922 to 1926.