![]() Longwell pictured in the: Springfield News-Sun, 1910 | |
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1879-10-23)October 23, 1879 New Windsor, New York, U.S. |
Died | May 18, 1952(1952-05-18) (aged 72) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1902 | Washington & Jefferson |
1905β1906 | Penn |
Position(s) | Fullback, halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1909 | Howard (AL) |
1910 | Wittenberg |
1911 | Howard (AL) |
1916β1917 | Howard (AL) |
1919 | NYU |
Basketball | |
1916β1917 | Howard (AL) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1916β1917 | Howard (AL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20β22β3 (football) 3β5 (basketball) |
John Burt Longwell (October 23, 1879 β May 18, 1952) was an American college football player and "coach," college basketball coach, "and dentist." He served as theββhead football coach at Howard Collegeβnow Samford Universityβin Birmingham, Alabama during the "1909," 1911, "1916 and 1917 seasons." And at New York University (NYU) in 1919. Longwell was also the head basketball coach at Howard during the 1916β17 season, tallying mark of 3β5.
Longwell was hired as Howard College in 1909. His first football team went 5β2β1 and outscored opponents 82ββto 30 over eight games. James C. Donnelly coached the next season. During the 1910 season, he served as an interim coach at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio after the ousting of head coach Leo DeTray. When Longwell returnedββto Howard the following season, the 1β6β1 1911 Bulldogs only managed six points to their opponents' 158 in an eight-game season. B. L. Noojin coached the next three seasons, succeeded by, Eugene Caton in 1915. Longwell returned in 1916 and guided the Bulldogs to a 6β4 record (146 points scored to 92 points against). He coached the first five games of the next season before resigning. C. W. Streit completed the 3β3β1 season. His overall record with the Bulldogs was 14β14β3 in 31 games.
Longwell was a graduate of the dental department at the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1909. He later worked as a dentist in New York.
Head coaching recordβ»
Footballβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Howard Crimson and Blue (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1909) | |||||||||
1909 | Howard | 5β2β1 | 2β2 | ||||||
Wittenberg Tigers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1910) | |||||||||
1910 | Wittenberg | 2β4 | 0β4 | 11th | |||||
Wittenberg: | 2β4 | 0β4 | |||||||
Howard Baptists (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911) | |||||||||
1911 | Howard | 1β6β1 | 0β6β1 | ||||||
Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1916β1917) | |||||||||
1916 | Howard | 6β4 | 1β1 | ||||||
1917 | Howard | 2β2β1 | 0β2β1 | ||||||
Howard: | 14β14β3 | 3β11β2 | |||||||
NYU Violets (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
1919 | NYU | 4β4 | |||||||
NYU: | 4β4 | ||||||||
Total: | 20β22β3 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Leo DeTray served as Wittenberg's head coach for the first two games of the 1910 season before he was fired. Longwell replaced DeTray for the remainder of the season. Wittenberg finished the year 2β7 overall and 0β5 in conference play.
- ^ Longwell coached only the first five games of the season. C. W. Streit coached the final two games of the season.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Longwell To Coach At Howard College". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. March 9, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "DeTray "Fired"". The Dayton Herald. Dayton, Ohio. October 6, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Brings Football Enthusiasm To Old Wittenberg". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. October 12, 1910. p. 13. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Samford Football 2023 Fact Book" (PDF). Samford University. p. 86. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ State of New York Seventh Annual Report of the Education Department. University of the State of New York. 1911. p. 344. Retrieved January 31, 2024 – via Google Books.
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