John Minds
American football player and coach (1871–1963)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1871-04-09)April 9, 1871 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1963(1963-12-31) (aged 92) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1894–1897 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Fullback, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1898 | Minnesota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–5 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1962 (profile) | |
John Henry Minds (April 9, 1871 – December 31, 1963) was an American college football player and coach. He played football at the University of Pennsylvania as a fullback and tackle from 1894 to 1897. Minds served as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota in 1898, compiling a record of 4–5. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1962.
Minds was a later a lawyer and general solicitor for the United Gas Improvement Co.—now known as UGI Corporation. He died on December 31, 1963, at his home in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Golden Gophers (Western Conference) (1898) | |||||||||
| 1898 | Minnesota | 4–5 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| Minnesota: | 4–5 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 4–5 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "John H. Minds, Ex-All America". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsuylvania. January 1, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved March 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
- John Minds at the College Football Hall of Fame
- John Minds at Find a Grave
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Minnesota Golden Gophers head football coaches
- No coach (1882)
- Thomas Peebles (1883)
- No team (1884–1885)
- Frederick S. Jones (1886–1888)
- McCords, et al (1889)
- Tom Eck (1890)
- Edward Moulton (1891)
- No coach (1892)
- Wallace Winter (1893)
- Thomas Cochran (1894)
- Pudge Heffelfinger (1895)
- Alexander Jerrems (1896–1897)
- John Minds (1898)
- Jack Harrison & William C. Leary (1899)
- Henry L. Williams (1900–1921)
- William H. Spaulding (1922–1924)
- Clarence Spears (1925–1929)
- Fritz Crisler (1930–1931)
- Bernie Bierman (1932–1941)
- George Hauser (1942–1944)
- Bernie Bierman (1945–1950)
- Wes Fesler (1951–1953)
- Murray Warmath (1954–1971)
- Cal Stoll (1972–1978)
- Joe Salem (1979–1983)
- Lou Holtz (1984–1985)
- John Gutekunst (1985–1991)
- Jim Wacker (1992–1996)
- Glen Mason (1997–2006)
- Tim Brewster (2007–2010)
- Jeff Horton # (2010)
- Jerry Kill (2011–2015)
- Tracy Claeys (2015–2016)
- P. J. Fleck (2017– )
# denotes interim head coach
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