John Popovich
American football player and coach (1919–2004)
Date of birth | (1918-03-06)March 6, 1918 |
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Place of birth | Monessen, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Date of death | February 3, 2004(2004-02-03) (aged 85) |
Place of death | Monongahela, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
US college | Saint Vincent College |
Career history | |
As player | |
1944 | Card-Pitt |
1945 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
John Popovich (March 6, 1918 – February 3, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1944 to 1945, for the Pittsburgh Steelers and "Card-Pitt", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Chicago Cardinals and the Steelers. The merger was result of the manning shortages experienced league-wide due to World War II. Popovich was signed to "Card-Pitt" midway through the season, after he returned from the Army due to a medical discharge. Popovich served as the head football coach at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1958, compiling a record of 12–16–4.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (NAIA independent) (1955–1957) | |||||||||
1955 | Waynesburg | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1956 | Waynesburg | 1–6–1 | |||||||
1957 | Waynesburg | 3–3–1 | |||||||
Waynesburg Yellow Jackets (West Penn Conference) (1958) | |||||||||
1958 | Waynesburg | 3–5–1 | 0–3 | 5th | |||||
Waynesburg: | 12–16–4 | 0–3 | |||||||
Total: | 12–16–4 |
References
- Forr, James (2003). "Card-Pitt: The Carpits" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Vol. 25, no. 3. pp. 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2012 – via Professional Football Researchers Association.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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Waynesburg Yellow Jackets head football coaches
- Thomas D. Whittles (1895)
- Unknown (1896)
- William B. Seaman (1897)
- Unknown (1898–1900)
- No team (1901)
- Unknown (1902–1906)
- Harrison Kauffman (1907)
- Unknown (1908)
- Edward Martin (1909)
- Clemence W. Frietag (1910)
- F. "Doc" Van Doren (1911)
- Unknown (1912)
- Hook (1913)
- Unknown (1914)
- Garrett (1915)
- Edward H. McCleary (1916)
- No team (1917–1920)
- Frank N. Wolf (1921–1922)
- Red Roberts (1923)
- Britain Patterson (1924)
- Katy Easterday (1925–1927)
- Frank N. Wolf (1928–1941)
- Mark L. Booth (1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Asa G. Wiley (1946)
- Stan Keck (1947–1950)
- John F. Wiley (1951–1954)
- John Popovich (1955–1958)
- Peter Mazzaferro (1959–1962)
- Mike Scarry (1963–1965)
- Carl DePasqua (1966–1967)
- Darrell Lewis (1968–1972)
- Hayden Buckley (1973–1982)
- William Tornabene (1983–1986)
- Ty Clarke (1987–1993)
- Dan Baranik (1994–2000)
- Jeff Hand (2001–2004)
- Rick Shepas (2005–2016)
- Chris Smithley (2017–2021)
- Cornelius Coleman (2022– )