John Harmon

American sports coach

PersonDied aged 79humanQ6237858

Also known as John Millard Harmon

Born: May 20, 1895
Died: October 18, 1974
Birthplace: Louisville
Place of death: Ottawa
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: basketball coach
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2022-04-24
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John Millard Harmon was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri from 1921 to 1922, the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana from 1923 to 1929, and Boston University in 1933. Harmon was also the head basketball coach at Central Wesleyan from 1921 to 1923, Evansville from 1923 to 1930, and Boston University from 1932 to 1935. He was the head baseball coach at Evansville from 1924 to 1927 and at Boston University from 1933 to 1935. He also served as the athletic director at Boston University from 1935 to 1951.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: John
Family name: Harmon
Sport: basketball
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball
Place of burial: Richmond Cemetery
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College Football Data Warehouse ID4032
Find a Grave memorial ID46317621
Freebase ID/m/0bbxll8
NCAA Statistics coach ID10822
Sports-Reference.com college basketball coach IDjohn-harmon-1

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