Jesse Peck Van Doozer (October 12, 1871 – September 23, 1929) was an American football player and coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Northwestern University, serving for one season, in 1897, and compiling a record of 5–3.[1] Van Doozer played college football for four seasons at Northwestern, between 1892 and 1896. In 1894, he dropped out of Northwestern to play one season with the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA).[2] He also played left halfback in the CAA's Thanksgiving Day game against the Boston Athletic Association in 1895, after being recruited with Northtwestern teammate Albert Potter by the CAA's athletic manager, Harry Cornish.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 12, 1871 Osceola, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | September 23, 1929 (aged 57) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1892–1893 | Northwestern |
| 1894–1895 | Chicago Athletic Association |
| 1895–1896 | Northwestern |
| Position(s) | Halback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1897 | Northwestern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–3 |
Van Doozer died on September 23, 1929, from peritonitis after an emergency surgery, at a hospital in San Francisco.[3][4]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Purple (Western Conference) (1897) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Northwestern | 5–3 | 0–2 | 6th | |||||
| Northwestern: | 5–3 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 5–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Northwestern Wildcats coaching records Archived October 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A History of Football at Northwestern: The First Twenty Years: 1882-1902
- ^ Eckersall, Walter (September 24, 1929). "Van Doozer, Best Of N. U. Gridiron Warriors, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. p. 27. Retrieved November 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Died In San Francisco". The Banner-Press. David City, Nebraska. September 26, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved October 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
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