Dominic Leo Callicrate (September 17, 1885 – May 30, 1979) was an American
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Callicrate was born in
South Bend, Indiana, in 1885. He played college football at Notre Dame, at the
end position in 1905 and at
halfback in 1906 and 1907. In November 1906, he was selected as the captain of the
1907 Notre Dame football team
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. He led the 1907 team to an undefeated 6–0–1 record. He received a civil engineering degree from Notre Dame in 1908.
In September 1909, Callicrate was hired as the head football coach and physical director at Columbia University (later renamed the
University of Portland) in
Portland, Oregon. He held those positions at Columbia from 1909 to 1916. He also taught math at Columbia.
In later years, he worked as a civil engineer and was affiliated with the firm of
Foster & Kleiser until 1955. He died in
Brookings, Oregon, in 1979 at age 93.
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1885 births
1979 deaths
American civil engineers
American football ends
American football halfbacks
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
Portland Pilots athletic directors
Portland Pilots football coaches
Players of American football from South Bend, Indiana