Harold Jefferson Davall (May 5, 1879 – November 21, 1931) was an American

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 ...

player and coach, engineer, and railroad supervisor. He served as the head football coach at West Virginia University in 1902 and the College of William & Mary in 1903, compiling a career

coaching record of 8–7. Born in

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...

, Davall played football as an End at Cornell University before graduating with an engineering degree. Davall was married to Agnes C. McLaughlin, a public school teacher, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, on June 17, 1907. During World War I, Davall served as a captain in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and was stationed at

Camp A. A. Humphreys Fort Belvoir is a United States Army installation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It was developed on the site of the former Belvoir plantation, seat of the prominent Fairfax family for whom Fai ...

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. He was later supervisor of the

Pennsylvania Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...

's Trenton Division. Davall died on November 21, 1931, at his home in

Jamesburg, New Jersey Jamesburg is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,915,Arlington National Cemetery.

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1879 births 1931 deaths 19th-century players of American football 20th-century American engineers American football ends American railroad mechanical engineers Cornell Big Red football players West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches William & Mary Tribe football coaches United States Army officers United States Army personnel of World War I Sportspeople from Camden, New Jersey People from Jamesburg, New Jersey Players of American football from Camden, New Jersey Military personnel from New Jersey Burials at Arlington National Cemetery {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub