Biographical details | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | January 13, 1890
Died | February 1, 1931 Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 41)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1910 | St. Ignatius (OH) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919–1921 | St. Louis University HS (MO) |
1923–1925 | Saint Louis |
1926–1930 | St. Xavier HS (OH) |
Basketball | |
1922–1926 | Saint Louis |
1926–1931 | St. Xavier HS (OH) |
Baseball | |
1925–1926 | Saint Louis |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
c. 1925 | Saint Louis |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 13–13–1 (college football) 36–13 (college basketball) 10–3 (college baseball) |
Daniel Joseph Savage (January 13, 1890 – February 1, 1931) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Saint Louis University from 1923 to 1925, compiling a record of 13–13–1[1] Savage was also the head basketball coach at Saint Louis from 1922 to 1926 and the school's head baseball coach from 1925 to 1926.[2][3] Savage played college football at St. Ignatius College—now known as John Carroll University—in University Heights, Ohio. He died on February 1, 1931, at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio, after suffering a skull fracture sustained in a fall down a set of stairs.[4]