John McKee (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football coach
Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1877
Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 22-Apr-1950
Profession: physician, head coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About John McKee (American football)
- John Sasser McKee (July 16, 1877 – April 22, 1950) was an American football coach and a physician.
- He served as the head football coach at North Carolina A&M (now North Carolina State) and Georgia Tech. McKee was born and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son of Dr.
- James McKee and Mildred Sasser McKee.
- He received his secondary education at the Raleigh Male Academy.
- McKee enrolled at the University of North Carolina and played on the North Carolina football team from 1897 to 1898 as tackle.
- While at the school, he was also a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. After graduation, McKee coached at North Carolina A&M from 1899 to 1900 to a record 1–7–2.
- In 1901, he coached at Georgia Tech and did much better, finishing with a record of 4–0–1.
- After Georgia Tech's season ended, McKee joined the Georgia football staff in their preparation against Auburn.
- Incidentally, McKee sued the Georgia Institute of Technology in June 1902 for breach of contract for the amount of $500. Following his football coaching career, he received a medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1907, and entered into medical practice in his hometown of Raleigh.
- During World War I, McKee achieved the rank of major in the American Expeditionary Forces as a field surgeon with the 1st Gas Regiment.
- McKee returned to Raleigh after the war where he was the city physician until 1948.
- “Dr.
- John” was very well known throughout the state of North Carolina for his gruff but compassionate sense of humor and his propensity to curse.
- He loved to drive a T-Model Ford automobile.
- When Ford discontinued the car, McKee refused to drive any longer despite the fact he was issued a new Buick every year by the Raleigh city fathers, and police officers and firemen took him on his rounds every morning.
- McKee died in Morganton, North Carolina on April 22, 1950, at the home of his son, Dr.
- John S.
- McKee, Jr., superintendent of the Broughton State Mental Hospital.
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