John Wesley Mayhew (October 2, 1885 – September 30, 1941) was an
American football
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player and coach of football,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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coach. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at
Brown University
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from 1906 to 1908 and was named an
All-American in 1906 playing as a
halfback. He also played baseball and ran
track
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at Brown. Mayhew served as the head football coach at
Louisiana State University
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(LSU) from 1909 to 1910, compiling a record of 3–6. He took over for
Joe Pritchard in the middle of the
1909 season. Mayhew was also the head coach of the
LSU basketball team from 1909 to 1911, head coach of the
LSU baseball team from 1910 to 1911 and head coach of the
LSU track and field team.
Mayhew was born on October 2, 1885, in
Chilmark, Massachusetts
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. He graduated from the
Worcester Academy
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in 1904 and from Brown University in 1909. He on September 30, 1941, in
Pocasset, Massachusetts
The village of Pocasset is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, located on Buzzards Bay. The population was 2,851 at the 2010 census.
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Pocasset is located in the southwe ...
.
Head coaching record
Football
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First 5 games were coached by Joe Pritchard.
Basketball
Baseball
References
1885 births
1941 deaths
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