Pat O'Dea
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| College | University of Missouri–Columbia | |
| Sport | College football | |
| Born | March 17, 1872 | |
| Place of birth | Australia | |
| Died | March 4, 1962 | |
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| Overall | 19-7-2 | |
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| 1898-1899 | Wisconsin | |
| Position | fullback | |
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| 1900-1901 1902 |
Notre Dame Missouri |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 1962 (Bio) | ||
Patrick John O'Dea (March 17, 1872 - March 4, 1962) was a college football coach at Missouri and Notre Dame. An Australian by birth, he was previously an Australian Rules Football player who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the VFA. He was selected several times for the Victorian State team, the first time when he was just 16.[1]
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[edit] Playing career
O'Dea played American football at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was their star fullback and captained the 1898 and 1899 teams. In those days fullbacks punted and often did the placekicking. In the 1898 edition of the Northwestern game, he kicked a 62-yard field goal, and had an 116-yard punt. This earned him the nickname "the Kangaroo Kicker".
In the 1899 game, he returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, and had 4 field goals. He was selected as an All-American team member in 1899.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Notre Dame
From 1900 to 1901, he coached at Notre Dame, and compiled a 14-4-2 record.
[edit] Missouri
O'Dea was the tenth head college football coach for the University of Missouri–Columbia Tigers located in Columbia, Missouri and he held that position for the 1902 season. His career coaching record at Missouri was 5 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 22nd at Missouri in total wins and tenth at Missouri in winning percentage.[2]
[edit] Later in Life
After coaching, he disappeared from public view in 1917, having decided that he didn't like being treated as a celebrity. In 1934 he was discovered living in California and came back to Wisconsin to a hero's welcome. He later appeared on Bob Hope's All-American football team announcement shows. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962, the same year that he died in San Francisco, California.
[edit] References
- ^ Nauright, J. (1999). Making an international legend: The media, Pat O'Dea and midwestern American Football in the 1890s and 1930s. Football Studies, 2(2), 37-56. Copy available on-line at www.aafla.com.
- ^ Missouri Coaching Records
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