Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) 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, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the

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.''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'' - Bob Wechsler
/ref> Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

.''NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011'' - John Maxymuk
/ref> He attended Syracuse University, and played for the school football team—twice being named All American at guard—as he attained a medical degree.Doc Alexander Stats , Pro-Football-Reference.com
/ref> He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, and also into the

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere arou ...

. Alexander played for the Syracuse Pros (1921), and played professionally in the

(NFL) for the

Rochester Jeffersons The Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played from 1898 to 1925, including play in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925. History Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of t ...

(1921–24) and the New York Giants (1925–27). He was a two-time First-team All-Pro, in both 1921 and 1922. In 1922 he was the head coach of the Jeffersons, and in 1926 he was the head coach of the Giants.Doc Alexander Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks , Pro-Football-Reference.com
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