- Martin V. Bergen
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Martin V. Bergen Sport(s) Football, baseball Biographical details Born January 1872 Place of birth Camden, New Jersey Died July 8, 1941 (aged 69) Place of death Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Playing career Football
early 1890s
Baseball
early 1890s
Princeton
PrincetonPosition(s) Halfback, fullback (football)
Outfielder (baseball)Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1894–1895
1896–1897
1902–1903
1905
Grinnell
Virginia
Grinnell
GrinnellHead coaching record Overall 38–22–6 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Martin Vorhees "Mike" Bergen (January 1872[1] – July 8, 1941) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College (1894–1895, 1902–1903, 1905) and at the University of Virginia (1896–1897), compiling a career college football record of 38–22–6. Bergen died of a heart attack at the age of 69 on July 8, 1941 in his apartment at the Racquet Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Christopher A. Bergen, United States Congressman who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1889 to 1893.[2]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Grinnell Pioneers (Independent) (1894–1895) 1894 Grinnell 6–4 1895 Grinnell 5–2 Virginia Cavaliers (Independent) (1896–1897) 1896 Virginia 7–2–2 1897 Virginia 6–2–1 Virginia: 13–4–3 Grinnell Pioneers (Independent) (1902–1903) 1902 Grinnell 2–6–2 1903 Grinnell 5–4 Grinnell Pioneers (Independent) (1905) 1905 Grinnell 7–2–1 Grinnell: 25–18–3 Total: 38–22–6 References
- ^ Month and year of birth from 1900 U.S. Census entry for Martin V. Bergen, Jr., lawyer, residing in Camden, New Jersey. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Camden Ward 2, Camden, New Jersey; Roll: T623_957; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 36.
- ^ "MARTIN V. BERGEN, LAWYER, ATHLETE; Former Football and Baseball Player at Princeton, Famous as Backfield Coach, Dies". The New York Times. July 9, 1941. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FB0C15FE395B147B93CBA9178CD85F458485F9. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
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Grinnell Pioneers head football coaches Student coaches (1889–1890) • Theron Lyman (1891) • F. F. Everest (1892) • Hiram O. Stickney (1893) • Martin V. Bergen (1894–1895) • James Blake (1896) • C. E. Harris (1897–1900) • Paul Tratt (1901) • Martin V. Bergen (1902–1903) • C. E. Harris (1904) • Martin V. Bergen & Tuffy Fisk (1905) • C. B. Hamilton (1906–1907) • L. H. Andrews (1908) • Daniel Dougherty (1909) • Arthur Brown (1910–1912) • Foss Netherton (1913) • Maturin Fisher (1914) • William McAlmon (1915–1916) • Russel Tollefson (1917–1919) • W. H. Saunders (1920–1921) • Allen Elward (1922–1923) • Mike Hyland (1924–1926) • Lester Watts (1927–1935) • Guy Lookabaugh (1936–1938) • Ben Douglas (1939–1941) • G. Lester Duke (1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Gerald Reed (1945) • Ben Douglas (1946) • Bunny Oakes (1947–1948) • Henry Brown (1951) • John Pfitsch (1952–1954) • Robert Patterson (1955–1959) • Edd Bowers (1960–1978) • Ed Dombrowski (1979–1982) • John Martinek (1983–1987) • Greg Wallace (1988–2007) • Max Hawsey (2008–2009) • Jeff Pedersen (2010– )
Virginia Cavaliers head football coaches No coach (1888–1892) • Johnny Poe (1893–1894) • Harry Arista Mackey (1895) • Martin V. Bergen (1896–1897) • Joseph Massie (1898) • Archie Hoxton (1899–1900) • Wesley Abbott (1901) • John de Saulles (1902) • Gresham Poe (1903) • George Sanford (1904) • William C. "King" Cole (1905–1906) • Hammond Johnson (1907) • Merritt Cooke Jr. (1908) • John Neff (1909) • Charles Crawford (1910) • Kemper Yancey (1911) • John Elliott (1912) • W. Rice Warren (1913) • Joseph Wood (1914) • Harry Varner (1915) • Peyton Evans (1916) • Harris Coleman (1919) • W. Rice Warren (1920–1921) • Thomas Campbell (1922) • Greasy Neale (1923–1928) • Earl Abell (1929–1930) • Fred Dawson (1931–1933) • Gus Tebell (1934–1936) • Frank Murray (1937–1945) • Arthur Guepe (1946–1952) • Ned McDonald (1953–1955) • Ben Martin (1956–1957) • Richard Voris (1958–1960) • Bill Elias (1961–1964) • George Blackburn (1965–1970) • Don Lawrence (1971–1973) • Sonny Randle (1974–1975) • Dick Bestwick (1976–1981) • George Welsh (1982–2000) • Al Groh (2001–2009) • Mike London (2010– )
Categories:- 1872 births
- 1941 deaths
- 19th-century players of American football
- American football fullbacks
- American football halfbacks
- American football officials
- Grinnell Pioneers football coaches
- Princeton Tigers baseball players
- Princeton Tigers football coaches
- Princeton Tigers football players
- Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
- High school football coaches in the United States
- New Jersey lawyers
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- People from Camden, New Jersey
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs
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