James W. Dunn
Appearance
![]() Dunn pictured in The Cauldron 1938, Northeastern yearbook | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | Grove City, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 16, 1911
Died | April 9, 1983 Kennebunk, Maine, U.S. | (aged 71)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1930 | Western Maryland |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1935–1936 | Harvard (assistant) |
1937–1941 | Northeastern |
1946 | Lafayette (backfield) |
1947 | Brown (backfield) |
Basketball | |
1937–1942 | Northeastern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 13–21–2 (football) 26–58 (basketball) |
James William Dunn (October 16, 1911 – April 9, 1983)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Northeastern University from 1937 to 1941, compiling a record of 13–21–2 record. Dunn was also head basketball coach at Northeastern from 1937 to 1942, tallying a mark of 26–58.
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Northeastern Huskies (Independent) (1937) | |||||||||
1937 | Northeastern | 4–3 | |||||||
Northeastern Huskies (New England Conference) (1938–1941) | |||||||||
1938 | Northeastern | 3–3–1 | 0–0 | 4th | |||||
1939 | Northeastern | 0–6–1 | 0–2 | 5th | |||||
1940 | Northeastern | 2–6 | 0–1 | 5th | |||||
1941 | Northeastern | 4–3 | 0–1 | 4th | |||||
Northeastern: | 13–21–2 | 0–4 | |||||||
Total: | 13–21–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "James Dunn, 71, Coaches Football; At Northeastern, Yale and Brown". Boston Globe. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. April 10, 1983. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
External links
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Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1983 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Brown Bears football coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Harvard Crimson football coaches
- Lafayette Leopards football coaches
- Northeastern Huskies football coaches
- Northeastern Huskies men's basketball coaches
- McDaniel Green Terror football players
- People from Grove City, Pennsylvania
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1930s stubs