Dudley DeGroot

Dudley Sargent DeGroot ( November 10, 1899 in Chicago, Illinois; † May 5, 1970 in El Cajon, California ) was an American football and rugby union player and later a successful college and NFL coach. DeGroot was with the U.S. Selection 1924 rugby union as Olympic champion and college football players in the same year an All - American; after his time as an active athlete he coached numerous successful college football teams, as well as in the 1940s, several professional teams, including 1944/45, the Washington Redskins.

Athlete

DeGroot was a multitalented athlete; he belonged to the teams at Stanford University in the water polo and basketball and was established in 1922 as captain of the football team the first player from the University football All-American. He was also 1923 and 1924 IC4A champion in the backstroke.

1924 DeGroot was, although not an experienced rugby player appointed to the U.S. selection for the Olympic rugby tournament in Paris; he came in the decisive match against France in the Third Storm series ( the exact position was not noted in the game ) are used, where he managed a try.

Football coach

DeGroot 1926 was assistant to the head coach of the University of California, Santa Barbara, before he head coach of Menlo College was 1927-32. In 1932 he went to San Jose State, where he first briefly assistant to Pop Warner was before in 1933 he was head coach of the team. 1939 succeeded the San Jose Spartans under DeGroot each of the 13 season games to win with a total points ratio of 324:29. 1940-43 DeGroot was then coach of the University of Rochester.

Even as coach of the Redskins DeGroot was successful. While the franchise in the first season in 1944 by defeats at the two last two days against the New York Giants missed the championship game, 1945 suffice eight wins in ten games for the collection to the final; the final was very tight with 14:15 against the gambling still in Cleveland Rams lost. Overall, the Redskins won 14 of 21 games under coach DeGroot shaft. For the 1946 season, he joined the newly founded League competition All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. The Dons were in the two years that she coached DeGroot, moderately successful. In each case, a victory more than defeats each gave the third place in the West Division of the league, DeGroot reached a total balance in LA of 12 victories in two draws and ten defeats.

In 1948, he returned as head coach of West Virginia University returned to the College Football; in two years, his team reached a record of 13-9-1, his last Head Coach Station was the University of New Mexico, where he achieved an overall record of 13-17-0 in the years 1950-52.

Others

DeGroot was a doctorate in educational scientist and a renowned ornithologist with a specialization in Oologie.

In addition to his work as a trainer was DeGroot football functionary, among other things, he was Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the 1951-53 American Football Coaches Association, during his term of office a written Code of Ethics was first developed.

Honors

Was DeGroot for his achievements as a college football coach in the College Football Hall of Fame, 2002 in the Hall of Honor of the University of New Mexico.

Works

• A history of physical education in California (1848-1939), Diss, Stanford University Press 1940