John F. Condon | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1860 |
Birth Place: | Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Coach Years1: | 1883 |
Coach Team1: | Fordham |
Overall Record: | 3–5 |
John F. "Jafsie" Condon (June 1, 1860 – January 2, 1945) was an American college football coach and school principal. He was the first head football coach at Fordham University, serving for one season, in 1883, and compiling a record of 3–5.[1] He became the principal at a New York City public school and gained fame in 1932 as the person who paid the ransom in the Lindbergh kidnapping.[2]
Condon died of pneumonia, on January 2, 1945, at his home in The Bronx.[3]