John McLaughry

John Jackson McLaughry (April 8, 1917 – November 28, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He participated in the Mosquito Bowl.

John McLaughry

Biographical details
Born	(1917-04-08)April 8, 1917 New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	November 28, 2007(2007-11-28) (aged 90) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Playing career
1937–1939	Brown
1940	New York Giants
Position(s)	Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Connecticut (backfield)
1947–1949	Union (NY)
1950–1958	Amherst
1959–1966	Brown
Head coaching record
Overall	78–80–8
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Third-team All-American (1938)

Playing career

He attended Brown University, graduating in 1940 and earning All-American honors as a player. He was drafted in the third round of the 1940 NFL Draft. In 1940, he played one season with the New York Giants. While serving as a Marine in the 6th Division on Guadalcanal he participated in the Mosquito Bowl.

Coaching career

After serving in the Pacific theater during World War II he returned to football, becoming an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut. He then served as a head coach at Union College (1947–1949), Amherst College (1950–1958), and Brown University (1959–1966). While his career at his first two coaching jobs was highly successful, his time at Brown was considered a disappointment as he posted just one winning season in eight years. After his coaching career he became Director of Summer and Special Projects at Brown University and spent a great deal of his time painting before dying on November 28, 2007.

Personal life

McLaughry was the son of Tuss McLaughry, head football coach at Westminster College (Pennsylvania) from 1915 to 1916, 1918, and 1921, head football coach at Amherst College from 1922 to 1925, head football coach at Brown from 1926 to 1940, and head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1954, interrupted due to service in World War II. McLaughry thus played for his own father while in college. His mother was Florence Marguerite (née Jackson) McLaughry (1892-1985). He had an older sister, Jeanne Marguerite McLaughry Mahoney (1912-2007) and a younger brother, Robert DeOrmond McLaughry (1921-2016).

On May 22, 1948, in Rotterdam, New York, he married Anne Justine (née Van Dyck) Salisbury, who had been previously married and had a son, Edwin Bevier Salisbury (1941-2020). He and Anne had three children of their own: Richard Graham McLaughry (b. 1951), David William McLaughry (b. 1954), and Marguerite Justine McLaughry (b. 1956). Anne was the daughter of Louis Bevier Van Dyck Jr. (1889-1934) and his wife, Marguerite Justine (née Towle, 1890–1980). She was the third of eight children, and a descendant of Louis DuBois and the Hasbrouck family.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Union Dutchmen () (1947–1949)
1947	Union	3–5
1948	Union	7–1
1949	Union	7–0–1
Union:		17–6–1
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three) (1950–1958)
1950	Amherst	4–3–1	0–1–1	2nd
1951	Amherst	2–5–1	0–1–1	2nd
1952	Amherst	4–3–1	1–0–1	1st
1953	Amherst	7–0–1	1–0–1	1st
1954	Amherst	6–2	2–0	1st
1955	Amherst	3–4	1–1	2nd
1956	Amherst	5–3	1–1	2nd
1957	Amherst	7–1	1–1	2nd
1958	Amherst	6–2	1–1	2nd
Amherst:		44–23–4	8–6–2
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (1959–1966)
1959	Brown	2–6–1	1–5–1	7th
1960	Brown	3–6	1–6	T–7th
1961	Brown	0–9	0–7	8th
1962	Brown	1–6–2	0–6–1	8th
1963	Brown	3–5	2–5	7th
1964	Brown	5–4	3–4	T–5th
1965	Brown	2–7	1–6	T–7th
1966	Brown	1–8	0–7	8th
Brown:		17–51–3	8–46–2
Total:		61–74–7
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

Further reading

• Bissinger, Buzz (2022). The mosquito bowl : a game of life and death in World War II (1st ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-06-287992-9. OCLC 1267753036.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

• Career statistics from Pro Football Reference