John C. O'Connor explained

John C. O'Connor
Birth Date:21 December 1878
Birth Place:Bradford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Player Years1:1898–1901
Player Team1:Dartmouth
Coach Years1:1902–1903
Coach Team1:Bowdoin
Coach Years2:1904
Coach Team2:VPI
Coach Years3:1907–1908
Coach Team3:Dartmouth
Overall Record:26–14–2

John Christopher O'Connor (December 21, 1878 – January 5, 1922) was an American college football player, coach, and physician. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1902 to 1903, at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1904, and at Dartmouth College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career coaching record of 26–14–2. O'Connor played football at Dartmouth from 1898 to 1901, and captained the team in 1901.[1] [2]

O'Connor was born in Bradford, Massachusetts on December 21, 1878. He graduated from Haverhill High School in 1898, Dartmouth College in 1902, and the Bowdoin Medical School in 1905. O'Connor served on the staff of the Eliot and Balch hospitals in Manchester, New Hampshire. He died there on January 5, 1922.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Letterwinners . July 6, 2010 . DartmouthSports.com . . July 14, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221305/http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=48870&SPID=4719&DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=204965944&ATCLPID=6#O . June 14, 2018 . dead .
  2. News: Dartmouth's Football Captain . . November 21, 1900 . July 14, 2012.
  3. New Hampshire Necrology . The Granite Monthly . LIV . 1 . January 1922 . 69–70 . July 14, 2012 . Metcalf . Henry Harrison . McClintock . John Norris .