Joe Meyers (American football)
 Meyers pictured in the 1895 Iowa State team photo in the Bomb 1895 yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 5, 1871 North Washington, Iowa |
| Died | April 11, 1959 (aged 87) San Diego County, California |
| Playing career | |
| c. 1895 | Iowa State |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | Iowa State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5-4-1 |
Joseph Henry Meyers[1][2] was the fifth head American football coach for the Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa, and he held that position for the 1899 season. His career coaching record at Iowa State was 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie. This ranks him 20th at Iowa State in total wins and sixth in winning percentage.[3] He was an alumnus of Iowa State College (class of 1895),[4] lettering in football in 1895. He played halfback.[5][6] Meyers married Cecilia Wolfe in 1899.[7] He died in California in 1959.[8] His wife had predeceased him in 1910.[9]
References
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/alumniregister00univ/alumniregister00univ_djvu.txt
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/catalogue00daiggoog/catalogue00daiggoog_djvu.txt
- ^ Iowa State Coaching Records Archived 2009-06-21 at WebCite
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1899/di1899-10-26.pdf
- ^ http://www.cyclones.com/pdf8/849820.pdf
- ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJD3-ZZ5
- ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPKF-WFM
- ^ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcclarywm&id=I1320
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