Joseph George Bannon (May 1, 1874 – January 19, 1937) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Maryland Agricultural College—now known as the

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—in 1894, compiling a record of 4–3.

Biography

Bannon was born in

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on May 1, 1874.JOSEPH G BANNON BITES
''The Baltimore Sun'', January 20, 1937. His great-grandfather was an officer in the rebellious Irish army during the

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. His father, Michael Bannon, was born in

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in 1827 and emigrated to the United States, where he arrived in

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in 1847 with only ten cents. He worked as a teacher and eventually received an education in law and established a real estate business. Michael Bannon entered politics in

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and served as a Maryland State Senator.''The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical and Biographical Review from Wills, Deeds and Church Records''
pp. 324–325, Kohn & Pollock, 1905. His brother, James P. Bannon, was a prominent

politician and lawyer. Bannon attended the

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(now the University of Maryland), where he played on the

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as an

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from 1892 to 1894. Bannon served as the head coach during the 1894 season and amassed a 4–3 record. He graduated from Maryland with a

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degree in 1895.C. G. Church (ed.)
''Alumni Record of the Maryland Agricultural College''
p. 9, 1914. Bannon died in

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on January 19, 1937.

Head coaching record

References

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