Bust-view of balding man facing three-quarter right. He is wearing a light tan jacket, white shirt, and dark red tie. What hair he has is grey, and he is looking through his glasses to the left of the viewer.
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Collection
Private Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Alteneder
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer was born on January 1, 1875, in Chester County , PA, to Granville W. Stauffer and Emma Pennypacker Stauffer. He married Anna Pennock in 1905 and they had at least one child. He was an American college football player and coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College from 1896 to 1899, at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as Widener University—from 1900 to 1901, and at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1909 to 1911, compiling a career college football coaching record of 52–31–5. Stauffer was one of the first head coaches at a small school to be paid for his work. He died in 1959 and is buried in East Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery.
