Dana Kafer

Joseph Dana Kafer (March 23, 1880 – March 22, 1937) was an American football player. He played college football for the Princeton Tigers football team from 1901 to 1903 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the halfback position in 1903.[1] Kafer sustained a shoulder injury during a football game in October 1901 that kept him out of the lineup for the remainder of the season.[2] He scored three touchdowns in Princeton's 1903 victory over Cornell. He was also a member of the Yale baseball team.[3]

Dana Kafer
Princeton Tigers
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:March 23, 1880
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Died:March 22, 1937(1937-03-22) (aged 56)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey, U.S.
Career history
CollegePrinceton
Yale
Career highlights and awards
All-American (1903)

Kafer grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Before enrolling at Yale, he attended preparatory school at the Lawrenceville School.[3] From 1912 to 1927, he worked as a businessman in Trenton, New Jersey. Kafer was also employed as a civil engineer for the J. L. Mott Iron Works in Trenton. He was married to Lyda Elsie Pierson Kafer. In 1937, he died of a heart attack at his home in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, at age 57.[3]

References
  1. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. p. 4.
  2. "Dana Kafer Badly Hurt: Princeton Freshman Out of the Game for the Season". Daily True American. October 14, 1901.
  3. "Dana Kafer, Ex-Star in College Football: Princeton Halfback Placed on All-America Team in 1903 -- Dies in Lawrenceville". The New York Times. March 23, 1937.
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