John McLaughry

John Jackson McLaughry (April 8, 1917 – November 28, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He participated in the Mosquito Bowl.

John McLaughry
Biographical details
Born(1917-04-08)April 8, 1917
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, 2007(2007-11-28) (aged 90)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Playing career
1937–1939Brown
1940New York Giants
Position(s)Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946Connecticut (backfield)
1947–1949Union (NY)
1950–1958Amherst
1959–1966Brown
Head coaching record
Overall78–80–8

Playing career

He attended Brown University, graduating in 1940 and earning All-American honors as a player. He was drafted in the third round of the 1940 NFL Draft.[1] In 1940, he played one season with the New York Giants. While serving as a Marine in the 6th Division on Guadalcanal he participated in the Mosquito Bowl.[2]

Coaching career

After serving in the Pacific theater during World War II he returned to football, becoming an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut. He then served as a head coach at Union College (1947–1949), Amherst College (1950–1958), and Brown University (1959–1966). While his career at his first two coaching jobs was highly successful, his time at Brown was considered a disappointment as he posted just one winning season in eight years. After his coaching career he became Director of Summer and Special Projects at Brown University and spent a great deal of his time painting before dying on November 28, 2007.

Personal life

McLaughry was the son of Tuss McLaughry, head football coach at Westminster College (Pennsylvania) from 1915 to 1916, 1918, and 1921, head football coach at Amherst College from 1922 to 1925, head football coach at Brown from 1926 to 1940, and head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1954, interrupted due to service in World War II. McLaughry thus played for his own father while in college. His mother was Florence Marguerite (née Jackson) McLaughry (1892-1985). He had an older sister, Jeanne Marguerite McLaughry Mahoney (1912-2007) and a younger brother, Robert DeOrmond McLaughry (1921-2016).

On May 22, 1948, in Rotterdam, New York, he married Anne Justine (née Van Dyck) Salisbury, who had been previously married and had a son, Edwin Bevier Salisbury (1941-2020). He and Anne had three children of their own: Richard Graham McLaughry (b. 1951), David William McLaughry (b. 1954), and Marguerite Justine McLaughry (b. 1956). Anne was the daughter of Louis Bevier Van Dyck Jr. (1889-1934) and his wife, Marguerite Justine (née Towle, 1890–1980). She was the third of eight children, and a descendant of Louis DuBois and the Hasbrouck family.

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Union Dutchmen () (1947–1949)
1947 Union 3–5
1948 Union 7–1
1949 Union 7–0–1
Union: 17–6–1
Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three) (1950–1958)
1950 Amherst 4–3–10–1–12nd
1951 Amherst 2–5–10–1–12nd
1952 Amherst 4–3–11–0–11st
1953 Amherst 7–0–11–0–11st
1954 Amherst 6–22–01st
1955 Amherst 3–41–12nd
1956 Amherst 5–31–12nd
1957 Amherst 7–11–12nd
1958 Amherst 6–21–12nd
Amherst: 44–23–48–6–2
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (1959–1966)
1959 Brown 2–6–11–5–17th
1960 Brown 3–61–6T–7th
1961 Brown 0–90–78th
1962 Brown 1–6–20–6–18th
1963 Brown 3–52–57th
1964 Brown 5–43–4T–5th
1965 Brown 2–71–6T–7th
1966 Brown 1–80–78th
Brown: 17–51–38–46–2
Total:61–74–7
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. Daniel, Douglass K. (19 September 2022). "1944 Marine 'Mosquito Bowl' defines football, courage, duty". Navy Times. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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