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Sport(s)
  
Football, baseball

Name
  
Martin Bergen

1894–1895
  
Grinnell

early 1890s
  
Princeton

1891
  
Princeton


Born
  
January 29, 1872 Camden, New Jersey (
1872-01-29
)

Died
  
July 8, 1941(1941-07-08) (aged 69) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Position(s)
  
Halfback, fullback (football) Outfielder (baseball)

Martin Vorhees "Mike" Bergen, Jr. (January 29, 1872 – 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Christopher A. Bergen, United States Congressman who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1889 to 1893.

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