Ira Davenport (athlete)

Ira Davenport
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, baseball, track
Born	(1887-10-13)October 13, 1887 Winfield, Kansas
Died	July 17, 1941(1941-07-17) (aged 53) Dubuque, Iowa
Playing career
Football
1909–1911	Chicago

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1921	Columbia (IA)

Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the United States
	1912 Stockholm	800 metres

Ira Nelson Davenport (October 13, 1887 – July 17, 1941) was a track athlete, American football and baseball player, and coach in the United States. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 800 metres where he won the bronze medal. In the 400 metres event he was eliminated in the semi-finals. He also competed for the United States in the exhibition baseball tournament in Stockholm. Davenport ran track and played football at the University of Chicago. He served as the head football coach at Columbia College in Dubuque, Iowa, now known as Loras College, from 1920 to 1921. Davenport was later the general manager and treasurer of the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works.

References

External links

Ira Davenport at Olympics at Sport-Reference.com

Chicago Maroons starting quarterbacks
Joseph Raycroft Frank E. Hering A. A. Ewing Maurice Gordon Clarke George H. Garrey Walter S. Kennedy James M. Sheldon Walter Eckersall Walter Steffen Ira Davenport Norman C. Paine Pete Russell Frank Pershing Milton Romney Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr. Lewis McMasters Paul Stagg W. Skoning Kevin Shelton Patrick Ryan

Loras Duhawks head football coaches

John Chalmers (1907–1913)
Gus Dorais (1914–1917)
Walter Martin (1918–1919)
Ira Davenport (1920–1921)
Eddie Anderson (1922–1924)
Elmer Layden (1925–1926)
John Armstrong (1927–1931)
Jerry Jones (1932–1933)
John Niemiec (1934–1937)
Len Winter (1938–1940)
Vince Dowd (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Vince Dowd (1945–1946)
Wally Fromhart (1947–1950)
Richard Friend (1951–1952)
Mike Scarry (1953)
Ed Murphy (1954)
Charles Toole (1955–1957)
Robert Zahren (1958–1959)
No team (1960–1969)
Don Hendricks (1970–1974)
Steve McGrath (1975)
Bob Bucko (1976)
Claude Maddox (1977)
Dave Ostrander (1978–1979)
Bob Bierie (1980–2004)
Chris Klieman (2005)
Steve Osterberger (2006–2010)
Paul Mierkiewicz (2011–2013)
Steve Helminiak (2013– )

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