Rip Major
American gridiron football player
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| Intro | American gridiron football player | |||
| Places | United States of America | |||
| is | American football player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA | |||
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Biography
J. P. "Rip" Major was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College in 1919 and again from 1922 to 1926, compiling a record of 19–34–1.
Auburn
Major was a prominent running back for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He was also a center on the basketball team.
1912
Major was captain of the team in 1912. He was selected All-Southern.
Wofford
Major coached the Wofford Terriers football teams of Wofford College in 1919 and from 1922 to 1926.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Wofford Terriers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Wofford | 3–2–1 | 1–1 | T–13th | |||||
| Wofford Terriers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Wofford | 2–7 | 0–2 | T–13th | |||||
| 1923 | Wofford | 6–3 | 1–3 | T–13th | |||||
| 1924 | Wofford | 3–7 | 2–4 | T–12th | |||||
| 1925 | Wofford | 3–7 | 1–3 | T–13th | |||||
| 1926 | Wofford | 2–8 | 1–3 | T–17th | |||||
| Wofford: | 19–34–1 | 6–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–34–1 | ||||||||