Doc Alexander
![]() | |||||||
No. 10, 20, 25 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Guard | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Silver Creek, New York | April 1, 1897||||||
Died: | September 12, 1975 New York, New York | (aged 78)||||||
Career information | |||||||
College: | Syracuse | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
| |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
| |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
| |||||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the National Football League.[1]
Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of Russian immigrants, and was Jewish.[1][2] He attended Syracuse University, and played for the school football team—twice being named All American at guard—as he attained a medical degree.[3][4][2] He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954, and also into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]
Alexander played for the Syracuse Pros (1921), and played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rochester Jeffersons (1921–24) and the New York Giants (1925–27).[3] He was a two-time First Team All-Pro, in both 1921 and 1922.[3] In 1922 he was the head coach of the Jeffersons, and in 1926 he was the head coach of the Giants.[5]
Head coaching record[]
College[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CCNY Beavers (Independent) (1942) | |||||||||
1942 | CCNY | 1–7–1 | |||||||
CCNY: | 1���7–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–7–1 |
NFL[]
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
ROC | 1922 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .100 | T–15th in NFL | – | – | – | – |
ROC Total | 0 | 4 | 1 | .100 | – | – | – | |||
NYG | 1926 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .654 | 6th in NFL | – | – | – | – |
NYG Total | 8 | 4 | 1 | .654 | – | – | – | |||
Total | 8 | 8 | 2 | .500 |
See also[]
- List of select Jewish football players
References[]
- ^ a b Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ^ a b c NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011 - John Maxymuk
- ^ a b c Doc Alexander Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Doc Alexander, C at NFL.com
- ^ Doc Alexander Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks | Pro-Football-Reference.com
External links[]
- 1898 births
- 1975 deaths
- American football guards
- American people of Russian-Jewish descent
- CCNY Beavers football coaches
- New York Giants head coaches
- New York Giants players
- Rochester Jeffersons coaches
- Rochester Jeffersons players
- Syracuse Orange football players
- Syracuse Pros players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Silver Creek, New York
- Players of American football from New York (state)
- Jewish American sportspeople
- 20th-century American Jews
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs
- College football player stubs