Nathan Stauffer
{{Short description|American football player, coach, and physician (1875–1959)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Nathan Stauffer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|1|1}}
| birth_place = Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|6|5|1875|1|1}}
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1895
| player_team1 = Penn
| player_positions = Fullback
| coach_years1 = 1896–1899
| coach_team1 = Dickinson
| coach_years2 = 1900–1901
| coach_team2 = Pennsylvania Military
| coach_years3 = 1903–1908
| coach_team3 = Germantown Academy (PA)
| coach_years4 = 1909–1911
| coach_team4 = Ole Miss
| overall_record = 52–31–5 (college)
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Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer (January 1, 1875 – June 5, 1959)Draft registration card dated September 12, 1918, for Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer, born January 1, 1875, residing in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, employed in Philadelphia as an ear nose and throat specialist. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Registration Location: Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1877946; Draft Board: 1.{{cite news| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D1EFF3E54127B93C5A9178DD85F4D8585F9 | work=The New York Times | title=Nathan P. Stauffer, Otolaryngologist | date=June 7, 1959}}[http://pennock.ws/surnames/nti/nti05435.html Pennock Surnames] Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer, Ph.D. was an American college football player and coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College from 1896 to 1899, at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as Widener University—from 1900 to 1901, and at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1909 to 1911, compiling a career college football coaching record of 52–31–5. Stauffer was one of the first head coaches at a small school to be paid for his work.[http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/studentwork/peopleplace/football1900.htm Dickinson College Chronicles] "Athletic Field 1900"
Coaching career
=Dickinson=
Stauffer was the first head football coach at Dickinson CollegeThe History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for four seasons, from 1896 until 1899.[http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029080109/http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |date=October 29, 2008 }} "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus" His record at Dickinson was 22–11–2.[http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Dickinson College Football Media Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513071717/http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |date=May 13, 2008 }} Dickinson played football as far back as 1885, but no official coach was kept on record prior to Stauffer.
=Pennsylvania Military=
After Dickinson, Stauffer became the head coach at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as Widener University—in Chester, Pennsylvania serving for the 1900 and 1901 seasons. His team posted a 7–3 mark his first year and a compiled 3–5 record in 1901.{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/dcrudele11/docs/14fbguidenet |title=Widener 2014 Football Media Guide |author= |access-date=April 12, 2017 }}
=Ole Miss=
Stauffer served as the head coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in Oxford, Mississippi for the 1909, 1910 and 1911 seasons. His record at Ole Miss 17–7–2.{{Cite web |last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Dr. N.P. Stauffer Records by Year |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2220 |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-date=October 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029235349/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2220 |url-status=dead }}
Medical career and death
Stauffer graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1901. He worked at Bryn Mawr Hospital and Delaware County Hospital and headed the otolaryngology department at Girard College Hospital. He headed the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia for 25 years. Stauffer died on June 5, 1959, in Philadelphia, following a brief illness.{{cite news |author= |title=Dr. N. Stauffer Dies at Age of 84 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85246098/obituary-for-nathan-pennypacker-aged/ |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=June 6, 1959 |page=25 |access-date=September 13, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dickinson Red and White
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1896
| endyear = 1899
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1896
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 4–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1897
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 7–3–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1898
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 8–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1899
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 6–6–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 25–16–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Pennsylvania Military Cadets
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1900
| endyear = 1901
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1900
| name = Pennsylvania Military
| overall = 7–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1901
| name = Pennsylvania Military
| overall = 3–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Pennsylvania Military
| overall = 10–8
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Ole Miss Rebels
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1909
| endyear = 1911
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1909
| name = Ole Miss
| overall = 4–3–2
| conference = 2–3–1
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1910
| name = Ole Miss
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 2–1
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1911
| name = Ole Miss
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–7th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Ole Miss
| overall = 17–7–2
| confrecord = 6–6–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 52–31–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
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References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave}}
{{Dickinson Red Devils football coach navbox}}
{{Widener Pride football coach navbox}}
{{Ole Miss Rebels football coach navbox}}
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Category:19th-century players of American football
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Category:American otolaryngologists
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Category:High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
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Category:Physicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Chester County, Pennsylvania