Howard Jones (American football coach), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Howard Jones (American football coach)

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1885

Place of Birth: Excello, Ohio, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1941

Profession: head coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Howard Jones (American football coach)

  • Howard Harding Jones (August 23, 1885 – July 27, 1941) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at Syracuse University (1908), Yale University (1909, 1913), Ohio State University (1910), the University of Iowa (1916–1923), Duke University (1924) and the University of Southern California (1925–1940), compiling a career record of 194–64–21.
  • His 1909 Yale team, 1921 Iowa team, and four of his USC teams (1928, 1931–1932, 1939) won national championships.
  • Jones coached USC in five Rose Bowls, winning all of them.
  • Before coaching, Jones played football at Yale (1905–1907), where he played on three national title-winning teams.
  • He was a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951; his younger brother Tad joined him as a member in 1958.

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