Jim McCormick (American football)

American football player and coach (1884–1959)

Jim McCormick
Biographical details
Born	(1884-03-21)March 21, 1884 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	August 18, 1959(1959-08-18) (aged 75) Duxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1904–1907	Princeton

Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909	Princeton

Head coaching record
Overall	6–2–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1906)
Awards
2× Consensus All-American (1905, 1907) Second-team All-American (1906)


College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile)

James B. McCormick (March 21, 1884 – September 18, 1959) was an American college football player and coach. He played as a fullback at Princeton University from 1904 to 1907. McCormick was the head football coach at Princeton in 1909, tallying a mark of 6–2–1. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954. McCormick served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Princeton Tigers (Independent) (1909)
1909	Princeton	6–2–1
Princeton:		6–2–1
Total:		6–2–1

"Memorials". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 60 (1). The Trustees of Princeton University: 33. September 18, 1959. Retrieved December 27, 2013.

v t e Princeton Tigers head football coaches
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v t e 1906 Princeton Tigers football—national champions
James Cooney Edward Dillon Heman L. Dowd Edwin Harlan Jim McCormick Frederick Tibbott Caspar Wister Head coach Bill Roper

v t e 1905 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Walter Eckersall QB Guy Hutchinson HB Jack Hubbard HB Daniel Hurley HB Howard Roome HB Henry Torney FB Jim McCormick
Line	E Mark Catlin Sr. E Ralph Glaze E Tom Shevlin T Karl Brill T Otis Lamson T Beaton Squires G Francis Burr G Roswell Tripp C Robert Torrey

v t e 1907 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Tad Jones HB Edwin Harlan HB Jack Wendell FB Ted Coy FB Peter Hauser FB Jim McCormick
Line	E Clarence Alcott E Bill Dague E Albert Exendine E Caspar Wister T Lucius Horatio Biglow T Dexter Draper G William Erwin G Gus Ziegler C Patrick Grant C Germany Schulz

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