John B. Price
 Price pictured c. 1920 coaching at Franklin & Marshall | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1883 St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 1952 (aged 68) Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ursinus College[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906–1907 | Slippery Rock |
| 1908–1913 | Ursinus |
| 1914–1915 | Trinity (CT) |
| 1916–1917 | Muhlenberg |
| 1920–1923 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1913 | Ursinus |
| 1915–1916 | Trinity (CT) |
| 1921–1923 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 69–40–15 (football) |
John Beadle Price (September 13, 1883 – May 11, 1952) was an American football and baseball coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Slippery Rock State Normal School—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—from 1906 to 1907, Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania from 1908 to 1913, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 1914 to 1915, Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania from 1916 to 1917, and Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1920 to 1923, compiling a career college football coaching record of 69–40–15.
Early life, playing career, education, and military service
[edit]A native of St. Clair, Pennsylvania, Price attended Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where he captained the football and baseball teams before graduating in 1905. Price earned a medical degree from the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia in 1914 and did postgraduate work at Harvard Medical School and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. During World War I, he served a captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army with the rank of captain.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]Muhlenberg
[edit]Price was the football and baseball coach at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[3] He coached the football team for the 1916 and 1917 seasons, amassing a record of 9–4–3.[4]
Franklin & Marshall
[edit]Price served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for four seasons, from 1920 to 1923, compiling a record of 20–10–5.[5] While at Franklin & Marshall, Price coached future head coach Jonathan K. Miller.[6]
Medical career and death
[edit]Price practiced medicine for 35 years as an ear, nose, and throat specialist. He was on staff at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and Montgomery Hospital in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He died on May 11, 1952, at his home in Norristown, following a week-long illness.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slippery Rock (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Slippery Rock | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| 1907 | Slippery Rock | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| Slippery Rock: | 5–3–2 | ||||||||
| Ursinus (Independent) (1908–1913) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Ursinus | 7–3 | |||||||
| 1909 | Ursinus | 6–1–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | Ursinus | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | Ursinus | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1912 | Ursinus | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1913 | Ursinus | 0–6 | |||||||
| Ursinus: | 25–21–2 | ||||||||
| Trinity Bantams (Independent) (1914–1915) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Trinity | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| 1915 | Trinity | 5–0–2 | |||||||
| Trinity: | 9–2–3 | ||||||||
| Muhlenberg Mules (Independent) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Muhlenberg | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1917 | Muhlenberg | 5–1–2 | |||||||
| Muhlenberg: | 10–4–3 | ||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall (Independent) (1920–1923) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Franklin & Marshall | 3–2–2 | |||||||
| 1921 | Franklin & Marshall | 6–1–2 | |||||||
| 1922 | Franklin & Marshall | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1923 | Franklin & Marshall | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Franklin & Marshall: | 20–10–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 69–40–15 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association; Camp, W. (1915). The Official Football Guide. NCAA Publishing Service. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ a b "Dr. John B. Price, Specialist, Dies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. May 11, 1952. p. 9. Retrieved December 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Muhlenberg College: Baseball, Football in the Lilmelight-Coach Price Returns". Reading Eagle. March 18, 1917. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ "Muhlenberg College football media guide" (PDF). Muhlenberg College Athletics. 2010. p. 37. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Franklin & Marshall Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
- ^ Record Throng at Opening of New Stadium. Vol. 21. The Pennsylvania Gazette. October 6, 1922. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
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