John Robert Middleton was an American

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho, United States. Established in 1889 and opened three years later, it was the state's sole university for 71 years, until 1963. The un ...

, from 1907 to 1908, compiling a record of 5–3–4. Middleton began his college football playing career as a

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Simpson College Simpson College is a Private college, private United Methodist Church, Methodist college in Indianola, Iowa. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and enrolled 1,151 students in ...

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in 1901. He followed his coach at Simpson, John G. Griffith, to the

, playing quarterback in the "Idaho Spread", a forerunner to the modern

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offense, from 1903 to 1905.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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