John S. Grogan Explained

John Grogan
Birth Date:24 September 1880
Birth Place:Streator, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Wadena, Minnesota, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1900–1903
Player Team2:Knox (IL)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1904–1908
Coach Team2:Fargo College
Coach Years3:1909
Coach Team3:Idaho
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1908–1910
Coach Team5:Idaho
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1910
Coach Team7:Idaho
Overall Record:3–4 (football, Idaho only)
15–19 (basketball)
5–12 (baseball)

John Sebastion Grogan (September 24, 1880 – October 22, 1952) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played college football at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois from 1900 to 1903, where he dropkicked a 55-yard field goal in an upset win over the Illinois Fighting Illini.[1] Grogan served as the head football, basketball and baseball coach at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho during the 1909–10 academic year.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary of Dr. John S. Grogan. tahughesnc.blog. December 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: John Grogan. sports-reference College Basketball. December 6, 2018.