John P. Stewart | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1876 |
Birth Place: | Biggsville, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Illinois State Normal University (1899) University of Illinois Cornell University (A.B. 1902)[1] |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1903–1906 |
Coach Team2: | Illinois State |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1903–1906 |
Coach Team4: | Illinois State |
Overall Record: | 14–11–1 (football) 20–10 (basketball) |
John Pogue Stewart (June 1, 1876 – January 27, 1922)[2] was an American football and basketball coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1903 to 1906, compiling are record of 14–11–1.[3]
Stewart taught sciences including biology and physics at Illinois high schools before and during his time at Illinois State. He also studied horticulture at Cornell University, receiving his A.B. in 1902.
Stewart was later a professor at Pennsylvania State University as well as a fruit grower, botanist and horticulturist.[4] He died at his York, Pennsylvania home in 1922. At the time of his death, he was the head of the department of pomology at Penn State.[5]