John J. Egan | |
Birth Date: | 18 May 1878 |
Birth Place: | Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Newington, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1897–1901 |
Player Team1: | Villanova |
Coach Years1: | 1900 |
Coach Team1: | Villanova (co-HC) |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | Villanova |
Overall Record: | 7–5–2 |
John Joseph Egan (May 18, 1878 – February 1, 1949) was an American college football player and coach and physician. He served as the co-head football coach at Villanova College—now known as Villanova University—in 1900 with John Powers. Together they compiled a record of 5–2–2 in one season. Egan then coached Villanova the following year alone and compiled a 2–3 record, making his overall head coaching record 7–5–2. Later, he also served as athletic director at the University of Maryland.
Egan was a doctor by profession and practiced as a surgeon in his hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut for 38 years.[1] He served as a major in the Medical Corps of the United States Army during World War II and was also a chief rating specialist at two Veterans' Administration offices in Connecticut. Egan died at a Connecticut veterans' hospital in 1949 after a long illness.[2]