Joseph Marshall Flint (1872 – September 16, 1944) was an American college football player and coach and surgeon.[1] He served as the head football coach at Butler University in Indianapolis from 1894 to 1895 and at Stevens Point Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—in 1897, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–4.[2]

Flint receive his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 and served as a surgeon in the United States Military during World War I. He was noted for his ability to bring assembly line style procedures to the medical process.[3]

Flint was married in 1903 to Anne Apperson, who died in 1970, at the age of 1903. At the time of their marriage, Flint was a professor of medicine at University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Butler Christians (Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1894)
1894 Butler 6–1
Butler Christians (Independent) (1895)
1895 Butler 2–2
Butler: 8–3
Stevens Point Normal (Independent) (1897)
1897 Stevens Point Normal 2–1
Stevens Point Normal: 2–1
Total: 10–4

References

  1. ^ Harvey, Samuel Clark (March 1945). "Joseph Marshall Flint". The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 17 (4): 503.b1–515. PMC 2601919. PMID 21434224.
  2. ^ "Coach Flint Leaves Butler". Indianapolis Journal. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Home Front Heroes: A Biographical Dictionary of Americans During Wartime, Volume 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2007. ISBN 9780313334214. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Anne Apperson Flint Rites Set". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. July 30, 1970. p. 43. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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