Walter Benjamin "Jogger" Elcock (December 6, 1888 – June 10, 1964) 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 wi ...
player, coach, and referee. He played
college football at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
as a
tackle from 1909 to 1911. Elcock served as the head football coach at
Washington and Lee University
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexington ...
from 1914 to 1916 and at
Oglethorpe University
Oglethorpe University is a private college in Brookhaven, Georgia. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia.
History
Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in Mid ...
from 1920 to 1921. He was also the head coach of the
1917 Camp Gordon football team
The 1917 Camp Gordon football team represented Camp Gordon near Augusta, Georgia, during the 1917 college football season.
The team was led by a backfield of former Auburn back and war hero Kirk Newell, former Mercer back Cochran, former Geo ...
. Elcock's
1914 Washington and Lee team went undefeated and outscored opponents 324 to 12.
Elcock was a native of
Dorchester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1912 and served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater under
Frank Cavanaugh in 1913.
Head coaching record
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1888 births
1964 deaths
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Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football coaches
Washington and Lee Generals football coaches
Sportspeople from Boston
Players of American football from Boston