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Donovan</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_(Pooch)_Donovan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg/220px-William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg/330px-William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg/440px-William_%28Pooch%29_Donovan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="749" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">September 19, 1866<br /><a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 21, 1928<span style="display:none">(1928-08-21)</span> (aged 61)<br />Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Track</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1907–1921</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson" title="Harvard Crimson">Harvard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1925–1928</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson" title="Harvard Crimson">Harvard</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1918</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_football" title="Harvard Crimson football">Harvard</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Francis "Pooch" Donovan Sr.</b> (September 19, 1866 – August 21, 1928) was an American athletic trainer and coach. He was head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson" title="Harvard Crimson">Harvard Crimson</a> track team from 1908 to 1921 and 1925 to 1928, trainer of the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_football" title="Harvard Crimson football">Harvard Crimson football</a> team from 1907 to 1925, head coach of the football team in 1918, and trainer for the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_baseball" title="Harvard Crimson baseball">Harvard Crimson baseball</a> team from 1907 to 1928. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pooch_Donovan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donovan was born on September 19, 1866,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Natick,_Massachusetts" title="Natick, Massachusetts">Natick, Massachusetts</a>. He had a brother, Edward S. Donovan who was called Piper Donovan, who was a noted track athlete. His first cousin, <a href="/wiki/Keene_Fitzpatrick" title="Keene Fitzpatrick">Keene Fitzpatrick</a>, was the longtime track coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donovan competed in track and football and was a member of the Natick Ladder Truck Team with future college trainers Keene Fitzpatrick, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Murphy_(trainer_and_coach)" title="Mike Murphy (trainer and coach)">Mike Murphy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_J._Mack_(coach)" title="John J. Mack (coach)">John J. Mack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donovan began his career in 1887 as an assistant trainer under Mike Murphy at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a>. In 1892 he became the athletic trainer for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Athletic_Club" title="Cleveland Athletic Club">Cleveland Athletic Club</a>. The following year he moved to <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, Massachusetts</a>, and began training athletes at the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Oval" title="Worcester Oval">Worcester Oval</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fall of 1893, while briefly enrolled as a 27-year-old student at <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a>, Donovan played halfback on the school's football team and led it to victory over its traditional archrival, <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Andover" class="mw-redirect" title="Phillips Andover">Phillips Andover</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Controversy ensued when the <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i> challenged Donovan's eligibility and amateur status by recounting his athletic past, which included running races for payment and cash prizes.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suspicions arose that Donovan and two teammates had been brought to Exeter solely to play football.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In reaction to the controversy, Andover severed athletic relations with Exeter, initiating a three-year hiatus in the <a href="/wiki/Andover%E2%80%93Exeter_rivalry" title="Andover–Exeter rivalry">Andover–Exeter rivalry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1895 he became the physical director of the <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Academy" title="Worcester Academy">Worcester Academy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fall of that year, he was trainer and halfback on the <a href="/wiki/Duquesne_Country_and_Athletic_Club" title="Duquesne Country and Athletic Club">Duquesne Country and Athletic Club</a> football team.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as the athletic trainer at <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> from 1896 to 1897 then returned to the Worcester Academy, where he trained <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Duffey" title="Arthur Duffey">Arthur Duffey</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_W._Mayhew" title="John W. 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Mayhew</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1906, Donovan was hired by Harvard to train their football and baseball teams starting in the fall of 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-Harvard_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harvard-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1908 he became the coach of Harvard's track team.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He coached the <a href="/wiki/1918_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1918 Harvard Crimson football team">1918 Harvard Crimson football team</a>, which only played three games due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1921, Donovan was succeeded as track coach by <a href="/wiki/W._J._Bingham" title="W. J. Bingham">W. J. Bingham</a>, but stayed on as trainer of the football and baseball teams.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1925, track coach Eddie Farrell replaced Donovan as trainer of the Harvard football team. Donovan served as track coach during the football season in Farrell's absence.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donovan had a heart attack in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1928_Summer_Olympics" title="1928 Summer Olympics">1928 Summer Olympics</a>. He returned home on August 12, 1928. He died on August 21, 1928, and was buried on August 24, 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-burial_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burial-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pooch_Donovan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pooch_Donovan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_football" title="Harvard Crimson football">Harvard Crimson</a></b> <i>(Independent)</i> <small>(1918)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1918_college_football_season" title="1918 college football season">1918</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_Harvard_Crimson_football_team" title="1918 Harvard Crimson football team">Harvard</a> </td> <td>2–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Harvard:</b> </td> <td>2–1</td> <td></td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>2–1</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pooch_Donovan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records?recordId=6786039&collectionId=5062&tid=13070882&pid=342597844352&ssrc=pt">"Wm. 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