John Rohde

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1927–2001)}}

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| name = John Rohde

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|2|10}}

| birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|7|12|1927|2|10}}

| death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1946–1949

| player_team1 = Pacific (CA)

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1950

| coach_team1 = Pacific (CA) (GA)

| coach_years2 = 1953–1960

| coach_team2 = Pacific (CA) (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1961–1963

| coach_team3 = Pacific (CA)

| overall_record = 12–7

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| awards =

• Second-team All-PCC (1949)

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John Henry Rohde (February 10, 1927 – July 12, 2001) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California from 1961 to 1963, compiling a record of 12–7. Rohde attended Abraham Lincoln High School in San Jose, California and played college football as an end at Pacific from 1946 to 1949. He was selected to play in the East–West Shrine Game in 1949. Rohde was selected by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in the eighth round of the 1950 NFL draft. Following a brief stint with the Redskins, Rohde worked as graduate assistant as his alma mater. He was engaged in business in Arizona in 1951 and 1952 before returning to Pacific again in 1953 as an assistant coach. He was appointed as assistant athletic director at Pacific in 1957.{{cite news |title=COP Ricks Rohde As Aide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12713802/the_fresno_bee_the_republican/ |newspaper=The Fresno Bee |location=Fresno, California |date=December 13, 1957 |page=24 |accessdate=July 29, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Rohde died of a heart attack at the age of 74, on July 12, 2001, in Sacramento, California.{{cite news |last=Highfill |first=Bob |title=Pacific football loses a friend, former player, coach |url=http://www.recordnet.com/article/20010718/A_SPORTS/307189960 |newspaper=The Record |location=Stockton, California |date=July 18, 2001 |accessdate=July 29, 2017 }}{{cite news |title=Rohde, John Henry |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/ROHDE-John-Henry-2898935.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |location=San Francisco, California |date=July 18, 2001 |accessdate=July 29, 2017 }}