Jesse Peck Van Doozer (October 12, 1871 – September 23, 1929) was an

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player and coach. He was the fourth head football coach at

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, serving for one season, in 1897, and compiling a record of 5–3. Van Doozer played

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for four seasons at Northwestern, between 1892 and 1896. In 1894, he dropped out of Northwestern to play one season with the

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(CAA). He also played left halfback in the CAA's Thanksgiving Day game against the Boston Athletic Association in 1895, after being recruited with Northtwestern teammate Albert Potter by the CAA's athletic manager, Harry Cornish. Van Doozer died on September 23, 1929, at a hospital in

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from peritonitis after an emergency surgery.

Head coaching record

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