Biographical details | |
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Born | Downsville, New York, U.S. | August 17, 1874
Died | June 8, 1962 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1900 | Lafayette |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1901 | Dubuque HS (IA) |
1902 | Franklin & Marshall |
1903–1905 | Iowa |
1906 | Iowa (assistant) |
1907–1913 | St. Joseph's (IA) |
1914–1924 | Dubuque |
Basketball | |
1904–1905 | Iowa |
1915–1917 | Dubuque |
Baseball | |
1903 | Franklin & Marshall |
1904–1905 | Iowa |
1915–1921 | Dubuque |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 100–47–8 (college football) 16–15 (college basketball) |
John George Chalmers (August 17, 1874 – June 8, 1962)[1] was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College (1902), the University of Iowa (1903–1905), Columbia College in Dubuque, Iowa, now known as Loras College, (1907–1914), and the University of Dubuque (1914–1924), compiling a career college football record of 100–47–8. Chalmers was also the head men's basketball coach at Iowa for one season (1904–1905), tallying a mark of 6–8, and the baseball coach at Iowa for two seasons (1904–1905) and at Columbia College from 1915 to 1921.