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John Neff (American football)

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Sport(s)
  
Football

1919
  
Virginia (assistant)

1906–1908
  
Virginia

1910–1911
  
South Carolina


1909
  
Virginia

Name
  
John Neff

1910–1911
  
South Carolina

Role
  
American football

John Neff (American football)

Born
  
September 12, 1887 Harrisonburg, Virginia (
1887-09-12
)

Died
  
November 8, 1938, Virginia, United States

Alma mater
  
University of Virginia (1908)

John Henry Neff, Jr. (September 12, 1887 – November 8, 1938) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and doctor. In 1909, he served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia, where he compiled a 7–1 record, where his team outscored opponents 155–11. From 1910 to 1911, he coached at the University of South Carolina, where he compiled a 5–8–2 record. His overall record as a college football coach stands at 12–9–2. Neff was also the athletic director at South Carolina from 1910 to 1911.

While attending the University of Virginia, Neff captained the 1907 football team. After obtaining his M.D. in 1910, Neff worked at the University of Virginia Hospital first as an intern and surgeon and then later as professor of urology. He was also a member of the Southern Surgical Association, for which he served as vice president from 1934 until his death in 1938.

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John Neff (American football) Wikipedia