Dave Cropp
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 8, 1876 Dubuque County, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1950 (aged 74) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899 | Cornell (IA) |
| 1901 | Dakota University |
| 1903–1904 | Colorado |
| Baseball | |
| 1904–1905 | Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–6–1 (football) 9–9 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Colorado Football Association (1904) | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
David Bertram Cropp (July 8, 1876 – August 14, 1950) was an American university professor and college football and college baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1899, Dakota University—now known as Dakota Wesleyan University—in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1901, and the University of Colorado—now known as the University of Colorado at Boulder—in 1903 and 1904. Cropp was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1904 and 1905, tallying a mark of 9–9. He attended Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2]
Cropp married Esther Richard on December 3, 1902, in Mitchell, South Dakota.[3][4]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Purple (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Cornell | 5–2 | |||||||
| Cornell: | 5–2 | ||||||||
| Dakota University (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Dakota University | 6–0 | |||||||
| Dakota University: | 6–0 | ||||||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1903–1904) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Colorado | 8–2 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1904 | Colorado | 6–2–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
| Colorado: | 14–4–1 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 25–6–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
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External links
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- 1876 births
- 1950 deaths
- Colorado Buffaloes baseball coaches
- Colorado Buffaloes football coaches
- Cornell Rams football coaches
- Dakota Wesleyan Tigers football coaches
- Dakota Wesleyan University faculty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- People from Dubuque County, Iowa
- Coaches of American football from Iowa
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1900s stubs