David Bertram Cropp (July 8, 1876 – August 14, 1950) was an American university professor and college football and college baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1899, Dakota University—now known as Dakota Wesleyan University—in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1901, and the University of Colorado—now known as the University of Colorado at Boulder—in 1903 and 1904. Cropp was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1904 and 1905, tallying a mark of 9–9. He attended Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 8, 1876 Dubuque County, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1950 (aged 74) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899 | Cornell (IA) |
| 1901 | Dakota University |
| 1903–1904 | Colorado |
| Baseball | |
| 1904–1905 | Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–6–1 (football) 9–9 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Colorado Football Association (1904) | |
Cropp married Esther Richard on December 3, 1902, in Mitchell, South Dakota.[3][4]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Purple (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Cornell | 5–2 | |||||||
| Cornell: | 5–2 | ||||||||
| Dakota University (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Dakota University | 6–0 | |||||||
| Dakota University: | 6–0 | ||||||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1903–1904) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Colorado | 8–2 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1904 | Colorado | 6–2–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Colorado: | 14–4–1 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–6–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Whiteside, J. (1999). Colorado: A Sports History. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9780870815508. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ "Coaching Records" (PDF). 2010 Colorado Football Information Guide & Record Book. University of Colorado Buffaloes. p. 129. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ "Married Tuesday Evening". The Mitchell Capital. Mitchell, South Dakota. December 5, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2023 – via Chronicling America
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- ^ "Prof. Cropp Is Married". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. December 5, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved September 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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