George Franklin Greenleaf Jr. (September 29, 1874 – May 30, 1936) was an American college football player and coach and physician. He played football at the

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1893 to 1896. Greenleaf served as the head football coach at

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for one season, in 1899, compiling a record of 1–5. He later practiced medicine in

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Biography

A native of

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, Greenleaf was the son of George F. Greenleaf Sr. (1848–1900) and Agnes Dalgleish Staines. He played college football at the

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and 1896 teams. He graduated from Michigan's Department of Medicine and Surgery, and became a medical doctor practicing in Indiana and Illinois. In 1899, he was the head coach of the Miami University football team, although he was unpaid. In February 1914, he married Estella Fuquay at

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. In his later years, he practiced medicine at 561 Diversity Parkway and lived at 2745 Pine Grove Avenue in

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. In May 1936, he died of hypertension and cerebral hemorrhage at his Chicago apartment.

Head coaching record

References

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