Biographical details | |
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Born | Hesper, Kansas, U.S. | March 17, 1871
Died | March 24, 1947 Laguna Beach, California, U.S. | (aged 76)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1891–1892 | Penn (IA) |
1895–1896 | Kansas |
1897–1899 | Penn |
Position(s) | Tackle, halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1900 | Franklin & Marshall |
1901 | Kansas |
1902 | Haskell |
1904–1905 | Washburn |
1906 | Haskell |
Baseball | |
1901 | Franklin & Marshall |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1904–1905 | Washburn |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 31–22–3 (football) 2–11 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× Consensus All-American (1897, 1898) Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1974)[1] | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2001 (profile) |
John Henry Outland (March 17, 1871 – March 24, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He played football at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the University of Kansas, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was twice named an All-American while playing for the Penn Quakers, in 1897 as a tackle and in 1898 as a halfback. After playing, Outland coached at Franklin & Marshall College in 1900, the University of Kansas in 1901, Haskell Institute in 1902 and 1906, and Washburn University from 1904 to 1905, compiling a career college football record of 21–15–2. He is the namesake of the Outland Trophy, an annual award established in 1946 and given to the best interior lineman in college football. Outland was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 2001.