James B. McCormick (March 21, 1884 – September 18, 1959) 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. He played as a fullback at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

from 1904 to 1907. McCormick was the head football coach at Princeton in 1909, tallying a mark of 6–2–1. He was inducted into the

College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...

as a player in 1954. McCormick served as an officer in the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Head coaching record

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* 1884 births 1959 deaths 19th-century players of American football Princeton Tigers football players Princeton Tigers football coaches All-American college football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I United States Marine Corps officers Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Sportspeople from Boston Players of American football from Boston {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub