David A. Brodie | |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1867 |
Birth Place: | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Death Place: | Avon Park, Florida, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1895 |
Player Team1: | Washington Agricultural |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1896 |
Coach Team1: | Washington Agricultural |
Overall Record: | 2–0–1 |
David Arthur Brodie (July 28, 1867 – December 29, 1951) was an American agriculturalist and college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington Agricultural College and School of Science—now known as Washington State University—for one season, in 1896, compiling a record of 2–0–1.
Brodie was born in Peterborough, Ontario and moved with family in 1883 to a farm near Silverton, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State Normal School—now known as Western Oregon University—in 1894. He graduated Washington Agricultural in 1898 and became an assistant professor there.[1] Brodie later worked for the United States Department of Agriculture. He moved from Washington, D.C. to Avon Park, Florida around 1939 and died there on December 29, 1951.[2]