John Timothy Callahan (March 29, 1895[1] – May 14, 1976)[2] was an American football player and coach. He attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at Yale University.[3] He played college football at the guard position for the Yale Bulldogs in 1916 and 1919 to 1920, and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 College Football All-America Team.[4] His education at Yale was interrupted during World War I by service as a pilot in the Naval Aviation Corps. He was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, and later in South America, before being discharged in 1919.[5][6] Callahan was captain of the 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team while his brother Henry "Mike" Callahan was captain of the 1920 Princeton Tigers football team.[7]
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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | March 29, 1895 Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 1976 (aged 81) |
| Playing career | |
| 1916 | Yale |
| 1919–1920 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1922–1923 | Colorado Mines |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–7–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Mines Orediggers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Colorado Mines | 4–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1923 | Colorado Mines | 2–5 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
| Colorado Mines: | 6–7–1 | 4–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–7–1 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. John Timothy Callahan, born March 29, 1895, at Lawrence, Mass. Serving in the Naval Reserve at Newport, R.I.
- ^ "John T Callahan in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010". Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". Phillips Academy. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ History of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 1920. pp. 58–59.
- ^ "Old Schoolboy Companions Contend on Rival Elevens". The Harvard Crimson. November 22, 1919.
- ^ "Callahan Brothers to Lead Princeton and Yale Elevens" (PDF). The New York Times. December 4, 1919.