Biographical details | |
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Born | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | July 29, 1909
Died | August 12, 1982 73) Marshall, Missouri, U.S. | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
1927–1929 | Missouri |
Basketball | |
1927–1930 | Missouri |
Position(s) | Fullback, quarterback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1930–1932 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Basketball | |
1930–1933 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1930–1933 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–9–2 (football) 22–34 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 NCAC (1931–1932) | |
Awards | |
John David Waldorf (July 29, 1909 – August 12, 1982) was an American football player and coach and, later, a long-time college football and college basketball official.
He played college football at the University of Missouri, where he was a two-time All-Big Six selection. [1] Waldorf served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1930 to 1932. [2] After retiring from coaching, he became an official in the Big Eight Conference. [3]
Waldorf was the brother of college football coaches Pappy Waldorf, Paul D. Waldorf, and Bob Waldorf, as well as the son of Methodist Episcopal Church bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf. He died on August 12, 1982, at Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Missouri. [4]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes (Nebraska College Athletic Conference)(1930–1932) | |||||||||
1930 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1931 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 4–3–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1932 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 4–3–1 | 4–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
Nebraska Wesleyan: | 14–9–2 | 12–1–2 | |||||||
Total: | 14–9–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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