John McGovern (American football) explained

John McGovern
School:Minnesota Golden Gophers
Currentposition:Quarterback
Birth Date:15 September 1887
Birth Place:Arlington, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Le Sueur, Minnesota, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lbs:155
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Cfbhof Year:1966

John McGovern (September 15, 1887 – December 13, 1963) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.[1]

Biography

McGovern was born in Arlington, Minnesota, and attended high school in Arlington. McGovern played college football for the University of Minnesota, and was the junior captain and quarterback at the University of Minnesota. He led his team to the Big Nine conference (later the Big Ten Conference). McGovern was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and Look Magazine in 1909. McGovern played for the Minnesota Golden Golphers football team under coach Henry L. Williams. While at Minnesota, McGovern was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi, a law society.[2]

After college graduation, he worked as a sports editor for a Minnesota newspaper and then practiced law in Washington D.C. McGovern died on December 13, 1963, in Le Sueur, Minnesota.

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In literature

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise, John McGovern was on the mind of protagonist Amory Blaine.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: College Hall of Fame. University of Minnesota. October 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012242/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051711aaa.html. March 5, 2016. dead.
  2. http://purl.umn.edu/134815 1910 Minnesota Gopher yearbook, p.84