John D. Waldorf Explained

John D. Waldorf
Birth Date:29 July 1909
Birth Place:Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Marshall, Missouri, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1927–1929
Player Team2:Missouri
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1927–1930
Player Team4:Missouri
Player Positions:Fullback, quarterback (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1930–1932
Coach Team2:Nebraska Wesleyan
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1930–1933
Coach Team4:Nebraska Wesleyan
Admin Years1:1930–1933
Admin Team1:Nebraska Wesleyan
Overall Record:14–9–2 (football)
22–34 (basketball)
Championships:2 NCAC (1931–1932)
Awards:

John David Waldorf (July 29, 1909 – August 12, 1982) was an American football player and coach and, later, a long-time college football and college basketball official.

Career

He played college football at the University of Missouri, where he was a two-time All-Big Six selection.[1] Waldorf served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1930 to 1932.[2] After retiring from coaching, he became an official in the Big Eight Conference.[3]

Waldorf was the brother of college football coaches Pappy Waldorf, Paul D. Waldorf, and Bob Waldorf, as well as the son of Methodist Episcopal Church bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf. He died on August 12, 1982, at Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Missouri.[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Record Book. Missouri Tigers football. December 30, 2018. September 28, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Year-by-Year Results. Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves football. December 30, 2018.
  3. Web site: John Waldorf. Missouri Tigers. December 30, 2018.
  4. News: . John Waldorf Dead at 73 . . . August 13, 1982 . . 18 . August 11, 2020 . .