Ben "Sport" Donnelly
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ben_%22Sport%22_Donnelly an entity of type: Thing
Benjamin Shenstone "Sport" Donnelly (October 18, 1869 – August 3, 1922) was an American football player and coach. He was the second-ever known professional football player, behind Pudge Heffelfinger. He was paid $250 for one game on November 19, 1892 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, for a game against the Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team. The November 19 date was exactly seven days after the team paid Heffelfinger $500 for a game. In 1893, Donnelly was hired by the Allegheny Athletic Association as player-coach, making him the first man to ever coach a known pro team. Heffelfinger once said that Donnelly was the only man that he had played against who "could slug you and at the same time keep his eyes on the ball". Donnelly also served as the second head football coac
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Ben "Sport" Donnelly
rdf:langString
Iowa
rdf:langString
Ben "Sport" Donnelly
xsd:integer
25385158
xsd:integer
1108229513
xsd:integer
1893
xsd:date
1869-10-18
xsd:integer
1
xsd:date
1922-08-03
xsd:integer
3
rdf:langString
coach
xsd:integer
1893
xsd:integer
1
rdf:langString
no
rdf:langString
Benjamin Shenstone "Sport" Donnelly (October 18, 1869 – August 3, 1922) was an American football player and coach. He was the second-ever known professional football player, behind Pudge Heffelfinger. He was paid $250 for one game on November 19, 1892 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, for a game against the Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team. The November 19 date was exactly seven days after the team paid Heffelfinger $500 for a game. In 1893, Donnelly was hired by the Allegheny Athletic Association as player-coach, making him the first man to ever coach a known pro team. Heffelfinger once said that Donnelly was the only man that he had played against who "could slug you and at the same time keep his eyes on the ball". Donnelly also served as the second head football coach at the University of Iowa for a single season in 1893, compiling a record of 3–4.
rdf:langString
no
rdf:langString
* First-ever professional football coach
* Second-ever professional football player
* College head coaching record: 3–4
xsd:integer
1891
1893
1895
1897
rdf:langString
T–3rd
rdf:langString
single
rdf:langString
no
rdf:langString
Chicago Athletic Association
xsd:integer
1891
1892
1895
rdf:langString
no
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
9791