Dave Beggs
American football player and coach (1872–1924)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1872-12-04)December 4, 1872 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | August 11, 1924(1924-08-11) (aged 51) Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1890 | Washington & Lee |
1891–1892 | Mercer |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1891 | Mercer |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 0–2 |
David Milne Beggs (December 4, 1872 – August 11, 1924) was an American football player and coach. He served as a player-coach at Mercer University in 1891.[1]
Beggs graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1891, where he was also a member of the football team.[2] Although he was not a registered student at Mercer, he was allowed to play as a member of its team.[1] He played against the Georgia Bulldogs in the first game in their program's history.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Mercer Baptists (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1891) | |||||||||
1891 | Mercer | 0–2 | |||||||
Mercer: | 0–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 0–2 |
References
- ^ a b Wilder, Robert E. (2011). Gridiron Glory Days: Football at Mercer, 1892-1942. Mercer University Press. ISBN 9780881462678. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Catalogue". Washington & Lee University. 1888. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. Triumph Publishing. September 2006. ISBN 9781617490484. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
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Mercer Bears head football coaches
- Dave Beggs (1891)
- No coach (1892)
- George Stallings (1893)
- No team (1894–1895)
- J. D. Winston (1896)
- Gordon Saussy (1897)
- No team (1898–1902)
- No coach (1903)
- No team (1904–1905)
- E. E. Tarr (1906)
- H. R. Schenker (1907)
- Frank Blake (1908–1909)
- Charles C. Stroud (1910–1912)
- Lewie Hardage (1913)
- Fred A. Robins (1914)
- Jake Zellars (1915–1916)
- David Peacock (1916)
- No team (1917–1918)
- Maxwell James (1919)
- Josh Cody (1920–1922)
- Stanley L. Robinson (1923–1925)
- Bernie Moore (1926–1928)
- Lake Russell (1929–1940)
- Bobby Hooks (1941)
- No team (1942–2012)
- Bobby Lamb (2013–2019)
- Drew Cronic (2020–2023)
- Mile Jacobs (2024– )