John M. Cates
American football player, coach, and administrator (1878–1955)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1878-03-23)March 23, 1878 St. George, Maine, U.S. |
Died | November 9, 1955(1955-11-09) (aged 77) Rye, New York, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1905 | Yale |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1906–1908 | Navy (assistant) |
1925–1926 | Bowdoin |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1925–1927 | Bowdoin |
1927–1932 | Yale |
John Martin Cates (March 23, 1878 – November 9, 1955) was an American college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1925 to 1926.[1] He was also the athletic director at Bowdoin from 1925 to 1927 and Yale University from 1927 to 1932.[2]
Cates played football at Yale as an end and was the captain of the track team. He died on November 9, 1955, at his home in Rye, New York.[3]
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Jack Cates Begins His Duties At Yale". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. Associated Press. September 15, 1927. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "John M. Cates, 66, Ex-Athlete, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. Associated Press. November 10, 1955. p. 21. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- John M. Cates at Find a Grave
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Bowdoin Polar Bears head football coaches
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- Pearl T. Haskell (1891)
- Frank N. Whittier (1892–1893)
- Warren R. Smith (1894)
- William C. Mackie (1895)
- William Hoag (1896)
- William C. Mackie (1896)
- Prescott Warren (1897)
- David C. MacAndrew (1898)
- William M. Richards (1898)
- Fred Crolius (1899)
- James G. Lathrop (1900)
- Harry Howard Cloudman (1901)
- John C. O'Connor (1902–1903)
- Roscoe P. McClave (1904–1909)
- Frank Bergin (1910–1912)
- Thomas A. McCann (1913–1914)
- Thomas J. Campbell (1915)
- Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. (1916)
- Jack Magee (1917–1918)
- Roger A. Greene (1919–1920)
- Frederick V. Ostergren (1921–1924)
- John M. Cates (1925–1926)
- Malcolm E. Morrell (1927–1929)
- Charley Bowser (1930–1934)
- Adam Walsh (1935–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Adam Walsh (1947–1958)
- Charles Nelson Corey (1959–1964)
- Peter Kostacopoulos (1965–1967)
- James S. Lentz (1968–1983)
- Howard S. Vandersea (1984–1999)
- Dave Caputi (2000–2014)
- J. B. Wells (2015–2018)
- B. J. Hammer (2019)
- No team (2020)
- B. J. Hammer (2021– )
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