Jock Sutherland biography
Jock Sutherland, byname of John Bain Sutherland, (born March 21, 1889, Coupar Angus, Scot.—died April 11, 1948, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.), American collegiate {and professional} soccer coach who in a 24-year profession had groups who received 144 video games, misplaced 28, and tied 14. His University of Pittsburgh groups (1924–38) had 4 unbeaten seasons, produced 18 All-American gamers, received a nationwide championship (1937) and performed in 4 Rose Bowl video games (1928, 1930, 1933, and 1937).
Raised in Scotland, the place he performed soccer, Sutherland got here to Pittsburgh on the age of 18, and received a scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh dental faculty (D.D.S., 1918) after research at Oberlin (Ohio) Academy. At the college he performed guard (1915–17) underneath the teaching of Pop Warner; the workforce received 25 consecutive video games and went undefeated in 1916–17. Sutherland grew to become a naturalized U.S. citizen and enlisted within the Army Reserve in 1917, teaching the Camp Greenleaf (Ga.) soccer workforce and enjoying on it. He was coach at Lafayette College (Easton, Pa., 1919–23) and have become coach at Pittsburgh in 1924. His groups featured highly effective, speedy single-wing formations operating behind crushing blocks. In the Thirties Pittsburgh defeated Notre Dame in 5 video games of seven performed, after which Notre Dame dropped Pittsburgh from its schedule. He left Pittsburgh in 1938 after which coached the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–41) and the National Football League (NFL) Pittsburgh Steelers (1946–47). He served within the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942. His skilled document was 28 video games received, 16 misplaced, and 1 tied.
In addition to teaching, Sutherland taught dentistry at Pittsburgh (1919–38) and was a professor of bodily training (1933–38).