Jesse Van Doozer Explained

Jesse Van Doozer
Birth Date:12 October 1871
Birth Place:Osceola, Nebraska, U.S.
Death Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1892–1893
Player Team1:Northwestern
Player Years2:1894–1895
Player Team2:Chicago Athletic Association
Player Years3:1895–1896
Player Team3:Northwestern
Player Positions:Halback
Coach Years1:1897
Coach Team1:Northwestern
Overall Record:5–3

Jesse Peck Van Doozer (October 12, 1871 – September 23, 1929)[1] was an American football player and coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Northwestern University, serving for one season, in 1897, and compiling a record of 5–3.[2] Van Doozer played college football for four seasons at Northwestern, between 1892 and 1896. In 1894, he dropped out of Northwestern to play one season with the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA).[3] He also played left halfback in the CAA's Thanksgiving Day game against the Boston Athletic Association in 1895, after being recruited with Northtwestern teammate Albert Potter by the CAA's athletic manager, Harry Cornish.

Van Doozer died on September 23, 1929, at a hospital in San Francisco, California from peritonitis after an emergency surgery.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysong/p26384.htm
  2. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/northwestern/coaching_records.php Northwestern Wildcats coaching records
  3. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/football/1.html A History of Football at Northwestern: The First Twenty Years: 1882-1902
  4. News: . Died In San Francisco . The Banner-Press . . September 26, 1929 . 7 . October 18, 2020 . .