John Rhodes (coach) explained

John Rhodes
Birth Date:6 February 1903
Birth Place:Nebraska, U.S.
Death Place:Spalding, Nebraska, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1923–1925
Player Team2:Nebraska
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1924–1925
Player Team4:Nebraska
Player Positions:Halfback (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1926–1927
Coach Team2:Nebraska (freshmen)
Coach Years3:1928
Coach Team3:Nebraska (backs)
Coach Years4:1929
Coach Team4:Nebraska (freshmen)
Coach Years5:1930–1932
Coach Team5:Wyoming
Coach Years6:1938
Coach Team6:Blair HS (NE)
Coach Years7:1939
Coach Team7:St. Louis Gunners
Coach Years8:1941–1942
Coach Team8:Blair HS (NE)
Coach Sport9:Baseball
Coach Years10:1929–1930
Coach Team10:Nebraska
Admin Years1:1930–1933
Admin Team1:Wyoming
Overall Record:10–15–2 (college football)
21–12–1 (college baseball)
Awards:

John Rupert "Choppy" Rhodes (February 6, 1903 – May 24, 1951) was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, coach of football and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1930 to 1932, compiling a record of 10–15–2. He was also Wyoming's athletic director at the time. Rhodes played football and baseball and ran track at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was the head baseball coach at his alma mater, Nebraska, from 1929 to 1930, tallying a mark of 21–12–1.

Rhodes was a native of Ansley, Nebraska. He coached high school football at the Blair High School in Blair, Nebraska in 1938, 1941, and 1942.[1] Rhodes died of a heart ailment on May 24, 1951, at his home in Spalding, Nebraska.[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1998 Hall of Fame Inductee: John "Choppy" Rhodes . . Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation . January 19, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126030521/http://www.nebhalloffame.org/inductee.php?hofid=93&type=name . January 26, 2016 . dead .
  2. News: . Ex-Husker Grid Star 'Choppy' Rhodes Dies . . . May 26, 1951 . 11 . January 19, 2016 . .