James Huff McCurdy (December 2, 1866 – September 4, 1940) 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 ...

coach. He served as the head football coach at

Springfield College Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...

(then known as the Springfield YMCA Training School) in

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...

from 1895 to 1903 and again from 1907 to 1916, compiling a record of 69–41–14. Dr. McCurdy was elected Fellow #7 in the National Academy of Kinesiology (née American Academy of Physical Education). Huff was born on December 2, 1866, in

Princeton, Maine Princeton is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The town was named after Princeton, Massachusetts. The population was 745 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area o ...

. He died on September 4, 1940, at Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCurdy, James H. 1866 births 1940 deaths Springfield Pride football coaches New York University alumni People from Washington County, Maine