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J. Elwood Davis 
Sport(s) Football Playing career 1915–1917 Iowa Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1920 Kansas Wesleyan Head coaching record Overall 0–1–2 (college) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse John Elwood "Davy" Davis was an American football player and coach in the United States.
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Playing career
Davis graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City.[1] He played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was captain of the football team.[2]
Coaching career
High school coaching
Coach Davis spent time coaching in the high school ranks in Iowa from 1917 to 1919.[3]
Kansas Wesleyan
Davis was the eight head football coach for the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes located in Salina, Kansas and he held that position for the 1920 season. His coaching record at Kansas Wesleyan was 0 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2009 season, this ranks him 16th at Kansas Wesleyan in total wins and 14th at the school in winning percentage (.333).[4]
References
- ^ The Phi gamma delta, Volume 44 "Football's Passing Show" October 1921 page 117
- ^ The Iowa alumnus, Volume 15 By State University of Iowa, October 1917, page 17
- ^ Newton, Iowa High School Football - 1919 "J. Elwood Davis"
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes all-time coaching records
External links
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes head football coaches No coach (1893) • No team (1893–1898) • No coach (1899–1902) • Albert B. Cowden (1903) • No team (1904) • Albert B. Cowden (1905) • Coach Miller (1906) • Unknown (1907) • C. L. Williams (1908–1909) • No team (1910–1913) • George R. Edwards (1914) • W. F. Ragle (1915) • George Williams (1916) • George R. Edwards (1917) • No team (1918) • Ernest C. Quigley (1919) • J. Elwood Davis (1920) • Alexander Brown Mackie (1921–1937) • Gene Johnson (1938–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Virgil Baer (1946–1948) • Wally A. Forsberg (1949–1951) • Franklin Gene Bissell (1952–1961) • Daffin Backstrom (1962) • Franklin Gene Bissell (1963–1978) • Ron Dupree (1979–1980) • Jon Bingesser (1981–1984) • Jack Welch (1985–1986) • Brad Jenkins (1987–1995) • Ron Dupree (1996) • Dave Dallas (1997– )
Categories:- Iowa Hawkeyes football players
- Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes football coaches
- High school football coaches in the United States
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1920s stubs
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