John Thomas Scannell (January 27, 1872 – October 2, 1951) was an American player and coach of college football, and also a physician. He was the first head coach of the football team now known as the New Hampshire Wildcats.
.png) Scannell in The New Hampshire College Monthly of March 1903 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 27, 1872 Newmarket, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | October 2, 1951 (aged 79) Rialto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Phillips Exeter Academy Colby College Baltimore Medical College |
| Playing career | |
| 1894–1895 | Exeter |
| 1896–1898 | Colby |
| 1899–1901 | Baltimore |
| Position(s) | Tackle, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902–1903 | New Hampshire |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–9–2 |
Biography
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Scannell was from Newmarket, New Hampshire, and was an 1896 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy.[1] He then attended Colby College in Maine, before earning his medical degree in 1902 from Baltimore Medical College.[1][2]
Scannell played football at Exeter, Colby and Baltimore, serving as captain on each of those teams.[3][4][5] He was also captain of the Exeter baseball team.[3]
Scannell played right tackle for Exeter, including a game against New Hampshire in 1895 during which he scored a touchdown and three conversion kicks.[6] He captained the Exeter squads of 1894 and 1895.[3] At Colby, he played right guard on the teams of 1896,[7] 1897,[8] and 1898,[9] serving as captain in the lattermost season.[4] In 1896, during the first-ever meeting of the Colby and New Hampshire programs,[10] he again scored a touchdown against New Hampshire.[11] He returned to playing right tackle for the Baltimore teams of 1899,[12] 1900,[13] and 1901,[14] serving as captain during his final season with the program.[5]
In 1902, Scannell became the first head coach of the New Hampshire football team at New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in Durham, New Hampshire.[15] The college would become the University of New Hampshire in 1923 and would adopt the Wildcats nickname in 1926. As head coach for the 1902 and 1903 seasons, Scannell compiled a 4–9–2 record.[15]
Scannell died in Rialto, California, in October 1951; he had lived in California for 29 years.[16] He was an elder in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.[17][18] His wife, Myrtle, had died in 1938.[19] They had two children; a son, John R., who was killed in action in Italy in December 1943,[20] and a daughter, Mary.[19][20]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire (Independent) (1902–1903) | |||||||||
| 1902 | New Hampshire | 2–3–1 | |||||||
| 1903 | New Hampshire | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| New Hampshire: | 4–9–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–9–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of The Phillips Exeter Academy 1783–1903. Phillips Exeter Academy. 1903. p. 164. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Ninety-two to be Doctors". The Baltimore Sun. April 22, 1902. p. 8. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
J. T. Scannell, New Hampshire
- ^ a b c "John T. Scannell Honored". The Boston Globe. December 12, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b The Colby Oracle. Colby College. 1899. p. 97. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via colby.edu.
Season of 1898: J. T. Scannell, 1900, Captain
- ^ a b "Meds and Yale Today". The Baltimore Sun. October 11, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "N. H. C. v. P. E. A." The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 3, no. 3. November 1895. pp. 31–32. Retrieved February 23, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ The Colby Oracle. Colby College. 1897. p. 77. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via colby.edu.
- ^ The Colby Oracle. Colby College. 1898. p. 101. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via colby.edu.
- ^ The Colby Oracle. Colby College. 1899. p. 98. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via colby.edu.
- ^ "New Hampshire vs Colby (ME)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "N. H. C. v. Colby University". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 4, no. 2. November 1896. p. 29. Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The Baltimore Medical College Wins Again". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers Play Rank Football Winning 11-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1900. p. 10. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yale, 5; Baltimore, 0". Chicago Tribune. October 12, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 66. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "John T. Scannell". The San Bernardino Sun. October 3, 1951. p. 9. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Zion's League Will Attend Its District Conclave at Beach". The San Bernardino Sun. November 11, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Scannell, George Nesser Wed in Church". The San Bernardino Sun. December 17, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Myrtle Scannell". The San Bernardino Sun. December 26, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "John Scannell Death Reported To His Family". The San Bernardino Sun. January 25, 1944. p. 9. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via newspapers.com.