Martin V. Bergen
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and lawyer (1872–1941)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Martin V. Bergen
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|1|29}}
| birth_place = Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|7|8|1872|1|29}}
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1891
| player_team2 = Princeton
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = early 1890s
| player_team4 = Princeton
| player_positions = Halfback, fullback (football)
Outfielder (baseball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1894–1895
| coach_team2 = Grinnell
| coach_years3 = 1896–1897
| coach_team3 = Virginia
| coach_years4 = 1902–1903
| coach_team4 = Grinnell
| coach_years5 = 1905
| coach_team5 = Grinnell
| overall_record = 38–22–6
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Martin Vorhees "Mike" Bergen Jr. (January 29, 1872Month and year of birth from 1900 U.S. Census entry for Martin V. Bergen, Jr., lawyer, residing in Camden, New Jersey. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Camden Ward 2, Camden, New Jersey; Roll: T623_957; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 36. – July 8, 1941) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College (1894–1895, 1902–1903, 1905) and at the University of Virginia (1896–1897), compiling a career college football record of 38–22–6.
Bergen died of a heart attack at the age of 69 on July 8, 1941, in his apartment at the Racquet Club in Center City Philadelphia. He was the son of Christopher A. Bergen, United States Congressman who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1889 to 1893.{{cite news |title=Martin V. Bergen, Lawyer, Athlete; Former Football and Baseball Player at Princeton, Famous as Backfield Coach, Dies |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/07/09/87640338.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 9, 1941 |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Grinnell Pioneers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1894
| endyear = 1895
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1894
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 6–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1895
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 5–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Virginia Orange and Blue
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1896
| endyear = 1897
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1896
| name = Virginia
| overall = 7–2–2
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| year = 1897
| name = Virginia
| overall = 6–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Virginia
| overall = 13–4–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Grinnell Pioneers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1902
| endyear = 1903
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1902
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 2–6–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1903
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 5–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Grinnell Pioneers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1905
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1905
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 7–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 25–18–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 38–22–6
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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External links
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{{Virginia Cavaliers football coach navbox}}
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Category:19th-century players of American football
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:American football halfbacks
Category:Grinnell Pioneers football coaches
Category:Princeton Tigers baseball players
Category:Princeton Tigers football coaches
Category:Princeton Tigers football players
Category:Virginia Cavaliers football coaches
Category:Players of American football from Camden, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Philadelphia
Category:20th-century American lawyers
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