Carl Magnue Johanson (1863 – August 2, 1933) was an American football player and coach, known as the "father of Cornell football".[1][2] He convinced Pop Warner to attend Cornell.[3] Johanson died at the age of 69, on August 2, 1933, in Seattle, Washington.[4]
Biographical details | |
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Born | 1863 |
Died | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | August 2, 1933 (aged 69)
Playing career | |
1880s | Williams |
1880s | Harvard |
1890–1892 | Cornell |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1892–1893 | Cornell |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 13–6–1 |
Head coaching record
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Cornell Big Red (Independent) (1892–1893) | |||||||||
1892 | Cornell | 10–1 | |||||||
1893 | Cornell | 3–5–1 | |||||||
Cornell: | 13–6–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 13–6–1 |
References
edit- ^ Smith, Ronald A. (December 27, 1990). Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics. ISBN 9780195362183.
- ^ "Late Carl Johanson '92, Former Coach, Won Title as "Father of Cornell Football"". The Cornell Daily Sun. February 6, 1934.
- ^ "Former Coach Here Dies During Summer". The Cornell Daily Sun. September 26, 1933.
- ^ "Warner's First Football Coach—Carl Joahnson Dies at Seattle—at Cornell In Early '90s". The Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. August 3, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved July 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .