Dave Cropp

American football and baseball coach (1876–1950)
Dave Cropp
Biographical details
Born(1876-07-08)July 8, 1876
Dubuque County, Iowa, U.S.
DiedAugust 14, 1950(1950-08-14) (aged 74)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1899Cornell (IA)
1901Dakota University
1903–1904Colorado
Baseball
1904–1905Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall25–6–1 (football)
9–9 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 Colorado Football Association (1904)

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

Football

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

  1. ^ Whiteside, J. (1999). Colorado: A Sports History. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9780870815508. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Coaching Records" (PDF). 2010 Colorado Football Information Guide & Record Book. University of Colorado Buffaloes. p. 129. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Married Tuesday Evening". The Mitchell Capital. Mitchell, South Dakota. December 5, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2023 – via Chronicling America Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Prof. Cropp Is Married". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. December 5, 1902. p. 3. Retrieved September 12, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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