Alvin H. Culver (March 9, 1873 – July 17, 1955) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

, coaching two seasons from 1895 to 1896 and compiling a record of 12–6–2. From 1892 to 1893, he also played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

, while attending the school. In 1894, he played for the

Chicago Athletic Association The Chicago Athletic Association was an American football team, based in Chicago, Illinois. The club itself had been organized in 1890, and in 1892 it formed a football team. The team was built around veterans of Chicago's University Club football ...

alongside future Northwestern coach,

Jesse Van Doozer Jesse Peck Van Doozer (October 12, 1871 – September 23, 1929) was an American football player and coach. He was the fourth head football coach at Northwestern University, serving for one season, in 1897, and compiling a record of 5–3. Van Dooz ...

, who had briefly dropped out of college to play one season with the team.A History of Football at Northwestern: The First Twenty Years: 1882-1902
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Head coaching record

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