Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965

Athlete, educator. Great baseball player at Yale College (1880s). Attended Springfield College, a YMCA training school, became coach at University of Chicago (1892). A founder of Western Athletic Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association and American Football Coaches Association. Member of U. S. Olympic Committee (1916-32). Retired after forty-one years at University of Chicago and became coach at College of the Pacific, Stockton, Calif. (1933-1946). Left C. O. P. and became coach at Susquehanna (Pa.) University (1947-1953) and finally Stockton (Calif.) Junior College (1953-1959).

From the description of Amos Alonzo Stagg papers, 1905-1939. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 35191720

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