| John Temple | |
| Player Years1: | 1929–1931 |
| Player Team1: | Boston College |
| Player Positions: | Third basemen / Outfielder |
| Coach Years1: | ? |
| Coach Team1: | Cambridge (MA) Rindge Tech (football & basketball) |
| Coach Years2: | ? |
| Coach Team2: | Watertown (MA) (football & basketball) |
| Coach Years3: | 1942–1943 |
| Coach Team3: | Boston College (hockey) |
| Coach Years4: | ?–1949 |
| Coach Team4: | Boston (MA) College (hockey) |
| Coach Years5: | 1950–1957 |
| Coach Team5: | Boston College (baseball) |
| Overall Record: | 84–58–1 (baseball) |
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John F. Temple was an American college baseball coach, serving primarily as head coach of the Boston College Eagles baseball team from 1950 to 1957.[1] Temple also served as the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team in 1942 and 1943.
Temple played ice hockey and baseball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He played his freshman year at Boston College as a member of the hockey team, but the program was dropped before his sophomore season. He then played third base and outfield for the Boston College baseball team from 1929 to 1931.[2] He then briefly played in the Northeastern League before retired to teach in the Cambridge school system.
In 1950, Temple was named the successor to Freddie Maguire who left to take a job with the Boston Red Sox.[3] He coached the 1953 Eagles team to the 1953 College World Series, where they went 2–2 and finished 4th.