Doc Alexander

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1897–1975)}}

{{For|the basketball player|Joe Alexander (basketball)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Alexander

| image = Joe Alexander (American football).jpg

| position = Guard

| number = 10, 20, 25

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|4|1}}

| birth_place = Silver Creek, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|9|12|1897|4|1}}

| death_place = New York City, U.S.

| undraftedyear =

| college = Syracuse

| teams =

• Rochester Jeffersons (1921–1924)
• New York Giants (1925–1927)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 40

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 35

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = AlexDo20

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1927)
• 2× First-team All-Pro (1921, 1922)
• Second-team All-Pro (1926)
• 2× Consensus All-American (1918, 1919)
• First-team All-American (1920)

| CollegeHOF = 1308

}}

Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the National Football League (NFL).[https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=%22Doc+Alexander%22+jewish&pg=PA330 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler]

Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish.[https://books.google.com/books?id=g9W5B0L1O0wC&dq=%22Doc+Alexander%22+college+hall+fame&pg=PA353 NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011 - John Maxymuk] He attended Syracuse University, and played for the school football team—twice being named All American at guard—as he attained a medical degree.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlexDo20.htm Doc Alexander Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com][http://www.nfl.com/player/docalexander/2508318/profile Doc Alexander, C at NFL.com] He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, and also into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Alexander played for the Syracuse Pros (1921), and played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rochester Jeffersons (1921–24) and the New York Giants (1925–27). He was a two-time First-team All-Pro, in both 1921 and 1922. In 1922 he was the head coach of the Jeffersons, and in 1926 he was the head coach of the Giants.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/AlexDo0.htm Doc Alexander Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks | Pro-Football-Reference.com]