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) |
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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]