John Logan (American football)

John Logan
Princeton Tigers
Position Guard
Career history
College Princeton (1912)
Personal information
Date of birth August 2, 1891
Place of birth New York
Date of death August 29, 1977 (aged 86)
Place of death Middleburg, Virginia
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus All-American (1912)

William John Logan (August 2, 1891 — August 29, 1977) was an American football player and banker. Logan was raised in Brooklyn, New York,[1] and attended Princeton University. He played college football for the Princeton Tigers and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1912 College Football All-America Team.[2] He graduated from Princeton as part of the Class of 1913.[3]

Logan later became a banker who served as senior vice president of Central Hanover Bank & Trust, a director of the War Production Board during World War II and director-general of the Allied Joint Export Import Agency in post-war Germany.[4][5][6] He received the U.S. Army's Exceptional Civilian Service Award for his post-war efforts in laying the foundation for export programs in Germany and Japan that "sharply reduced their requirements for American assistance and materially increased their capacities for self support."[6]

In July 1946, his wife was murdered, and the ensuing trial drew extensive coverage in the New York press.[7][8][9][10]

In his later years, Logan lived in Middleburg, Virginia.[4] He died there in 1977, aged 86.

References

  1. ↑ "Tigers Down Lehigh". The New York Times. October 6, 1912.("John Logan, a Brooklyn boy, at the right guard, pierced the experienced Lehigh line often during the first half, and played more like a veteran than a recruit.")
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Football All-Americans". Princeton University. Retrieved August 22, 2014.("William John Logan '13 (guard)")
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Barbara Shaner Fiancee of William Von Klemperer". The New York Times. December 6, 1970.
  5. ↑ "Logan Quits Allied Agency Post". The New York Times. January 6, 1950.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Bankers Are Honored: J.M. Dodge, of Detroit, and W.J. Logan New York, Win Army Award". The New York Times. September 11, 1950.
  7. ↑ "Logan Case Trial Opens in Minneola". The New York Times. October 8, 1946.
  8. ↑ "Carraway Testifies He Had To Confess". The New York Times. December 5, 1946.
  9. ↑ "Miss Logan Heard in Carraway Trial". The New York Times. December 7, 1946.
  10. ↑ "Mistrial Weighed in Carraway Case". The New York Times. December 12, 1946.