John B. Hotchkiss

Biographical details
Born(1845-08-22)August 22, 1845
Seymour, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1922(1922-11-03) (aged 77)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materGallaudet
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1883Gallaudet

John Burton Hotchkiss (August 22, 1845 – November 3, 1922) was an American football coach and professor. He was deaf since the age of 9, and attended Gallaudet University, where later he was the first coach of the Gallaudet Bison football team. He is the namesake of their football field. Hotchkiss was also a writer; one of the founders and editors of the Silent World, a short-lived paper for the deaf.[1][2] Hotchkiss taught English and history.[3]

John B. Hotchkiss signing Memories of Old Hartford (1913)
  1. ^ Gallaher, James Ernst (1898). Representative Deaf Persons of the United States of America. p. 37.
  2. ^ "John Burton Hotchkiss" (PDF).
  3. ^ John V. Van Cleve (1989). A Place of Their Own: Creating the Deaf Community in America. Gallaudet University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780930323493.