John C. Hedges|
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| 1897–1898 | Penn |
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| 1900 | Duquesne Country & Athletic Club |
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| Position | End |
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| 1899 | Ursinus |
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| 1900 | Lebanon Valley |
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| 1901 | Franklin & Marshall |
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| 1902 | Penn (assistant) |
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| 1902 | Franklin & Marshall |
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| Overall | 10–9–2 (football)
5–12 (baseball) |
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John C. Hedges was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. Hedges played college football at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] He served as the head football coach at Ursinus College in 1899, compiling a record of 2–5–1.[2] He started the 1900 season as head coach at Lebanon Valley College, but left after posting a record of 1–1 in the team's first two games.[3] Later that season, he played professional football for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club.[4][5] He served as the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College, located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the 1901 season. His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 7–3–1. While at the school, he also held the title of "Physical Director" of the college.[6]
Head coaching record
| Year
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Team
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Overall
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Conference |
Standing
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Bowl/playoffs
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| Ursinus (Independent) (1899)
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| 1899
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Ursinus
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2–5–1 |
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| Ursinus:
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2–5–1 |
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| Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (Independent) (1900)
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| 1900
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Lebanon Valley
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1–1 |
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| Lebanon Valley:
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1–1 |
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| Franklin & Marshall (Independent) (1901)
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| 1901
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Franklin & Marshall
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7–3–1 |
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| Franklin & Marshall:
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7–3–1 |
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| Total: |
10–9–2 |
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[7]
References
- ^ "1898 University Team". upenn.edu. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ Ruby. Ursinus College. 1901. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Foot Ball Season of '00". Bizarre: 1902 (yearbook). Annville, PA: Lebanon Valley College. 1902. p. 120.
To the regret of every student our efficient and congenial coach in the following week [after Carlisle game on September 22], left for Philadelphia....
- ^ "Gridiron Giants Who Will Play for Duquesne This Year". The Pittsburg Press. September 24, 1900. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sporting News". Scranton Tribune. Scranton, PA. November 10, 1900. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dubbs, Joseph Henry (1903). History of Franklin and Marshall College: Franklin College, 1787-1853. Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Association. p. 355.
hedges.
- ^ "Franklin & Marshall Football Coaching Records". Athletic & Recreation Department Franklin & Marshall College. Retrieved September 4, 2025.
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- No coach (1893)
- John Lentz (1894)
- John Brice Cressinger (1895)
- No coach (1896)
- Harry Off (1897–1898)
- John C. Hedges (1899)
- J. Lynn Barnard (1900)
- Edward E. Kelley (1901–1905)
- D. Reiner Faringer (1906)
- Harry T. Watson (1907)
- John B. Price (1908–1913)
- Wesley R. Gerges (1914–1915)
- N. Kerr Thompson (1916–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Ralph Mitterling (1919–1920)
- Allison G. Cornog (1921–1922)
- Harold Zimmerman (1923–1924)
- Ronald C. Kichline (1925–1930)
- John C. McAvoy (1931–1937)
- Red Kellett (1938–1940)
- Peter P. Stevens (1941–1943)
- Everett M. Bailey (1944–1945)
- Peter P. Stevens (1946)
- Kuhrt Wieneke (1947–1949)
- Ray Gurzynski (1950–1959)
- Richard J. Whatley (1960–1975)
- Larry Karas (1976–1981)
- Sterling Brown (1982–1987)
- Steve Gilbert (1988–1996)
- Paul Guenther (1997–2000)
- Peter Gallagher (2001–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Peter Gallagher (2021– )
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- Isaac Huntzberger & Wilbur M. Yingst (1897)
- Charles A. Fisher (1898)
- Thomas W. Gray (1899)
- John C. Hedges (1900)
- Charles A. Fisher (1901)
- Horace Crider (1902)
- John Gillis (1903–1904)
- Edgar C. Taggart (1905)
- Henry L. Wilder (1906–1907)
- Roy J. Guyer (1908–1910)
- Henry L. Wilder (1911–1912)
- Roy J. Guyer (1913–1916)
- Joel Wheelock (1917)
- Walter S. Haight (1918)
- Paul Strickler (1919)
- Hobey Light (1920)
- Henry L. Wilder (1921–1922)
- Edward Mylin (1923–1933)
- Jerome W. Frock (1934–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Grant Feaser (1946)
- Andrew Kerr (1947–1949)
- Ralph Ricker (1950–1953)
- Ellis McCracken (1954–1960)
- William D. McHenry (1961–1970)
- Lou Sorrentino (1971–1985)
- Jim Monos (1986–1996)
- Dave Murray (1997)
- Mike Silecchia (1998–2003)
- Jim Monos (2004–2015)
- Joe Buehler (2016–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Joe Buehler (2021–2022)
- J. R. Drake (2023– )
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- Miles O. Noll (1887)
- No team (1888)
- William Mann Irvine (1889–1890)
- Bruce Griffith (1891–1892)
- Eugene P. Skyles (1893)
- George W. Hartman (1894)
- Ward W. Reese (1895)
- Alfred E. Bull (1896–1897)
- M. Delmar Ritchie (1898)
- Harry Shindle Wingert (1899)
- John H. Outland (1900)
- John C. Hedges (1901)
- John Chalmers (1902)
- D. R. Brown (1903)
- William Penn Bates (1904–1905)
- Samuel L. Moyer (1906)
- Vere Triechler (1907)
- Jack Hollenback (1908–1909)
- Frank Mount Pleasant (1910)
- Dexter W. Draper (1911–1912)
- Charles Mayser (1913–1914)
- John M. Reed (1915)
- O. Webster Saylor (1916)
- Arthur S. Herman (1917)
- Harry D. Weller (1918)
- Byron W. Dickson (1919)
- John B. Price (1920–1923)
- Charles Mayser (1924–1925)
- Ken Shroyer (1926–1927)
- Jonathan K. Miller (1928–1930)
- Alan M. Holman (1931–1941)
- Dick Barker (1942–1943)
- Charles Mayser (1944–1945)
- Charles R. Soleau (1946–1947)
- S. Woodrow Sponaugle (1948–1962)
- George H. Storck (1963–1967)
- David Pooley (1968–1970)
- Bob Curtis (1971–1974)
- Tom Gilburg (1975–2002)
- Shawn Halloran (2003–2005)
- John Troxell (2006–2019)
- No team (2020)
- John Troxell (2021)
- Tom Blumenauer (2022–2024)
- Michael Phelan (2025– )
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- Head coach
- George Washington Woodruff
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