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Jock Sutherland
American football coach
Also known as: John Bain Sutherland
Quick Facts
- Byname of:
- John Bain Sutherland
- Born:
- March 21, 1889, Coupar Angus, Scot.
- Died:
- April 11, 1948, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. (aged 59)
Jock Sutherland (born March 21, 1889, Coupar Angus, Scot.—died April 11, 1948, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.) was an American collegiate and professional football coach who in a 24-year career had teams who won 144 games, lost 28, and tied 14. His University of Pittsburgh teams (1924–38) had four unbeaten seasons, produced 18 All-American players, won a national championship (1937) and played in four Rose Bowl games (1928, 1930, 1933, and 1937). Raised in Scotland, where he played soccer, Sutherland came to Pittsburgh at the age of 18, and won a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh dental school (D.D.S., 1918) after ...(100 of 250 words)