Joseph Dana Kafer (March 23, 1880 – March 22, 1937) 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. He 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 ...

for the

Princeton Tigers football The Princeton Tigers football program represents Princeton University and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I Football Championship, Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level as a member ...

team from 1901 to 1903 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the halfback position in 1903. Kafer sustained a shoulder injury during a football game in October 1901 that kept him out of the lineup for the remainder of the season. He scored three touchdowns in Princeton's 1903 victory over Cornell. He was also a member of the Yale baseball team. Kafer grew up in

Lawrenceville, New Jersey Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

. Before enrolling at Yale, he attended preparatory school at the

Lawrenceville School The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational preparatory school for boarding and day students located in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Schoo ...

. From 1912 to 1927, he worked as a businessman in

Trenton, New Jersey Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.Lawrenceville, New Jersey Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

, at age 57.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kafer, Dana 1880 births 1937 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople American civil engineers American football halfbacks Princeton Tigers football players Yale Bulldogs baseball players All-American college football players Lawrenceville School alumni People from Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Players of American football from Trenton, New Jersey Businesspeople from New Jersey