Amos Alonzo Stagg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football. He served as the head football coach at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (now called Springfield College) (1890–1891), the University of Chicago (1892–1932), and the College of the Pacific (1933–1946), compiling a career college football record of 314–199–35. His Chicago Maroons teams of 1905 and 1913 have been recognized as national champions. He was also the head basketball coach for one season at the University of Chicago (1920–1921), and the head baseball coach there for 19 seasons (1893–1905, 1907–1913).At University of Chicago, Stagg also instituted an annual prep basketball tourney and track meet. Both drew the top high school teams and athletes from around the United States.Stagg played football as an end at Yale University and was selected to the first College Football All-America Team in 1889. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach in the charter class of 1951 and was the only individual honored in both roles until the 1990s. Influential in other sports, Stagg developed basketball as a five-player sport and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in its first group of inductees in 1959.Stagg also forged a bond between sports and religious faith early on in his career that remained important to him for the rest of his life.
He was nominated in the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports Category.
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Inducted into The University of Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.
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The NCAA Division III football championship game carries his name; the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
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Buried at Park View Cemetery, 3661 E. French Camp Road, Manteca, California, which is ten miles South of Stockton, California, in San Joaquin County. The cemetery's name is frequently misspelled as Parkview Cemetery.
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He coached at College of the Pacific (now known as University of the Pacific) in Stockton, California, from 1933 to 1946. In 1943, at age 81, he was awarded the "Coach of the Year" honor.
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In 1988, the University of the Pacific Stadium in Stockton, California was renamed the Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium. It seats up to 30,000 spectators.
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Known as "The Grand Old Man of Football," he lived to be an amazing 102 years old. He died of uremic poisoning in a rest home in Stockton, California.
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Founded in 1957, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, located at 1621 Brookside Road, Stockton, California was named after him.
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In 1917, Stagg organized the University of Chicago National Interscholastic Basketball Tournament, which until its demise in 1931, did wonders to improve and standardize the rules and interpretation for high school play. *
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Five-man basketball was created by Stagg.
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Football head coach for the University of Chicago (1892-1933).
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All-American football player at Yale (1889).
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Played in the first public basketball game as a faculty member at Springfield College (March 11, 1892).
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Charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame (1951).
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Enshrined in the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Legendary college sports coach (football, basketball, baseball).
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Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor, 1969 (charter class).
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Knute Rockne All American
1940
Coach Alonzo Stagg (as Alonzo Stagg)
Self
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Miracles of Sport
1938
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Himself - Football Coach
Known for movies
Knute Rockne All American 1940 as Coach Alonzo Stagg
Miracles of Sport 1938 as Himself - Football Coach
$1 Million
