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  • John Yovicsin
rdfs:comment
  • John Michael Yovicsin (October 17, 1918 – September 13, 1989) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Gettysburg College from 1937 to 1939 and then professionally with Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1944. Yovicsin served as the head football coach at Gettysburg College from 1952 to 1956 and at Harvard University from 1957 to 1970, compiling a career record of 110–53–5. Yovicsin died on September 13, 1989 of heart disease in Barnstable, Massachusetts at the age of 70.
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confstanding
  • 2
  • 6
  • 7
  • 3.0
  • T–1st
  • T–4th
  • T–5th
  • T–2nd
CFbDWID
  • 2605
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Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1956
  • 1970
Birth Date
  • 1918-10-17
player years
  • 1937
  • 1944
death place
overall record
  • 110
Name
Type
  • coach
Sport
Conference
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
Ranking
  • no
Overall
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 32
  • 78
  • 110
Date of Death
  • 1989-09-13
Championship
  • conference
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1957
conf
StartYear
  • 1952
  • 1957
death date
  • 1989-09-13
Place of Birth
coach teams
Place of death
ID
  • YoviJo20
bcs
  • no
Championships
  • 3
Date of Birth
  • 1918-10-17
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
player positions
Year
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
abstract
  • John Michael Yovicsin (October 17, 1918 – September 13, 1989) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Gettysburg College from 1937 to 1939 and then professionally with Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1944. Yovicsin served as the head football coach at Gettysburg College from 1952 to 1956 and at Harvard University from 1957 to 1970, compiling a career record of 110–53–5. Yovicsin was born in Steelton, Pennsylvania and graduated from Gettysburg College in 1940. He returned to Gettysburg as assistant football coach in 1948 and was the head coach there from 1952 to 1956, tallying a mark of 32–11. During his 14 years at Harvard, Yovicsin amassed a record of 78–42–5. He helmed the Crimson during the famous 1968 Harvard–Yale Game, in which Harvard mounted a late comeback to tie Yale, 29–29. Yovicsin's role as coach is mentioned many times in the documentary Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, where players on both the Harvard and Yale squads talk about his professorial bearing. Yovicsin died on September 13, 1989 of heart disease in Barnstable, Massachusetts at the age of 70.