Dan J. Savage
Daniel Joseph Savage (January 13, 1890 – February 1, 1931) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Saint Louis University from 1923 to 1925, compiling a record of 13–13–1[1] Savage was also the head basketball coach at Saint Louis from 1922 to 1926 and the school's head baseball coach from 1925 to 1926.[2][3] Savage played college football at St. Ignatius College—now known as John Carroll University—in University Heights, Ohio. He died on February 1, 1931, at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio, after suffering a skull fracture sustained in a fall down a set of stairs.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 13, 1890 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | February 1, 1931 (aged 41) Hamilton, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1910 | St. Ignatius (OH) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | St. Louis University HS (MO) |
| 1923–1925 | Saint Louis |
| 1926–1930 | St. Xavier HS (OH) |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1926 | Saint Louis |
| 1926–1931 | St. Xavier HS (OH) |
| Baseball | |
| 1925–1926 | Saint Louis |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| c. 1925 | Saint Louis |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–13–1 (college football) 36–13 (college basketball) 10–3 (college baseball) |
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1923–1925) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Saint Louis | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Saint Louis | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1925 | Saint Louis | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| Saint Louis: | 13–13–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 13–13–1 | ||||||||
References
- Schmidt (2007). Shaping College Football: The Transformation of an American Sport,. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Dan Savage". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Daniel Savage". Catholic News Service. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Dan Savage, Ex-Coach At St. Louis U., Killed". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. February 2, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved April 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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