David F. Weeks
| Dr. David F. Weeks | |
|---|---|
 Weeks pictured in the 1898 UMass football team photo | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 31, 1874 Newark, New Jersey |
| Died |
March 15, 1929 (aged 54)[1] Skillman, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| c.1896–1897 | Penn |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1898 | UMass |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–4–1 |
|
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
David Fairchild Weeks was an American doctor who was also the first head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst football team in 1898. He compiled a 1–4–1 record. Weeks graduated in 1897 from the University of Pennsylvania and played quarterback for the Penn Quakers football team.
Weeks was born in 1874 to Henry Martin Weeks, a doctor, and Mary Malvina Fairchild Weeks. He married Maude Adele Clampitt in Pennsylavnia in 1902.
Weeks later practiced medicine from his graduation from Penn, briefly in Pennsylvania and his home state of New Jersey. Weeks also was involved in the research of nervous system and mental illnesses, (primarily epilepsy) also serving as Superintendent and Medical Director of the New Jersey State Village for Epileptics at Skillman, New Jersey from December 1907[2] until his sudden death from heart disease[3] in 1929.[4][5]
He is buried in Blawenburg Reformed Church Cemetery in Somerset County, New Jersey.[6]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Minutemen (Independent) (1898) | |||||||||
| 1898 | UMass | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–4–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey - New Jersey - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ … show all 0 hide (1929-09-01). "Notes - Springer". Link.springer.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ [ Displaying Abstract ] (2012-06-10). "Obituary 6 - No Title - Obituary - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ "Bucks County, PA - 1929 Obituaries". Larry.uptask.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin. "Read the ebook Scannell's New Jersey's first citizens and state guide ... genealogies and biographies of citizens of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history, affairs, officialism and institutions .. (Volume 2) by Inc New Jersey Genealogical and Biographical Society". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/somerset/cemeteries/blawenburgalpha.txt
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