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 (NFL).[1]
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]
alexander, basketball, player, alexander, basketball, joseph, alexander, april, 1897, september, 1975, american, football, player, played, center, tackle, guard, coach, national, football, league, alexanderno, 25position, guardpersonal, informationborn, 1897, . For the basketball player see Joe Alexander basketball 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 NFL 1 Joe AlexanderNo 10 20 25Position GuardPersonal informationBorn 1897 04 01 April 1 1897Silver Creek New York U S Died September 12 1975 1975 09 12 aged 78 New York City U S Career informationCollege SyracuseCareer historyRochester Jeffersons 1921 1924 New York Giants 1925 1927 Career highlights and awardsNFL champion 1927 2 First team All Pro 1921 1922 Second team All Pro 1926 2 Consensus All American 1918 1919 First team All American 1920 Career NFL statisticsGames played 40Games started 35Touchdowns 4Player stats at NFL com PFRCollege Football Hall of Fame 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 Contents 1 Head coaching record 1 1 College 1 2 NFL 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHead coaching record editCollege edit 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 edit 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 500See also editList of select Jewish football playersReferences edit 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 comExternal links editJust Sports Stats nbsp This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football player is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Doc Alexander amp oldid 1205255520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
