John Heisman AKA Johann Willhelm Heisman Born: 23-Oct-1869 Birthplace: Cleveland, OH Died: 3-Oct-1936 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Pneumonia Remains: Buried, Rhinelander Cemetery, Rhinelander, WI
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Football Nationality: United States Executive summary: Namesake of the Heisman Trophy Father: Johann M. Heisman Mother: Sara Lehr Wife: Evelyn McCollum Cox (m. 1903, div. 1919)
High School: Titusville High School, Titusville, PA (1887) University: Brown University (attended 1887-89, transferred) University: University of Pennsylvania (1892) Coach: Head Coach, Oberlin College (1892) Coach: Head Coach, University of Akron (1893) Coach: Head Coach, Oberlin College (1894) Coach: Head Coach, Auburn University (1895-99) Coach: Head Coach, Clemson University (1900-03) Coach: Head Coach, Georgia Institute of Technology (1904-19) Coach: Head Coach, University of Pennsylvania (1920-22) Coach: Head Coach, Washington and Jefferson College (1923) Coach: Head Coach, Rice University (1924-27)
American Football Coaches Association President (1923-24) College Football Hall of Fame 1954 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 1967 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame 1970 German Ancestry
Author of books:
The Principles of Football (1922, sports)
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