.png) Cody at Clemson in 1931 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1892 Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 1961 (aged 69) Mount Laurel, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1913 | Bethel (KY) |
| 1914–1916 | Vanderbilt |
| 1917 | Camp Jackson |
| 1919 | Vanderbilt |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Tackle (football) Forward (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1922 | Mercer |
| 1923–1926 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1927–1930 | Clemson |
| 1931–1934 | Vanderbilt (assistant) |
| 1936–1939 | Florida |
| 1940 | Temple (line) |
| 1955 | Temple |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1923 | Mercer |
| 1923–1927 | Vanderbilt |
| 1927–1931 | Clemson |
| 1931–1936 | Vanderbilt |
| 1936–1937 | Florida |
| 1942–1952 | Temple |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1922 | Mercer |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1936–1939 | Florida |
| 1952–1959 | Temple |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 55–62–3 (football) 273–272 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football: SIAA (as player, 1915) Basketball: SIAA (as player, 1920) SIAA (as coach, 1922) SoCon tournament (1927) | |
| Awards | |
| 4× All-Southern (1914, 1915, 1916, 1919) 2× Third-team All-American (1915, 1919) Outing Roll of Honor (1914) Porter Cup (1920) AP Southeast All-Time team (1869–1919) FWAA All-time All-America Team (1869–1918) One of Dan McGugin's six best players 1934 All-time Vandy team Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1970 (profile) | |
Joshua Crittenden Cody (June 11, 1892 – June 17, 1961) was an American college athlete, head coach, and athletics director. "Josh" Cody was a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, where he earned 13 letters playing several sports.
As a versatile tackle and blocker on the Vanderbilt Commodores football team, he was a three-time All-American. During his four years on the team, Cody helped Vanderbilt score 1,099 points, winning 23 of 35 games.[1]
In 1969, Cody was named by the Football Writers Association of America to the 1869–1918 Early Era All-American Team. He was inducted as a player into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970. Coach Charley Moran called Cody the greatest tackle ever to play in the South.
After graduation from Vanderbilt, Cody coached college football and basketball and served as the athletics director at various universities, including: Clemson University, the University of Florida and Temple University. He also was an assistant for head football coaches Dan McGugin and Ray Morrison at Vanderbilt.
Cody coached three different schools in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association's (S.I.A.A.) basketball tournament. His Vanderbilt team won the tournament in 1927.[2]
During the late 1950s, Cody was a seminal athletic director in the fight against racial segregation in sports, particularly in the southern US.
Cody was one of the early basketball coaches who could claim a personal relationship with Dr. James A. Naismith, the inventor of the game.[3]
- ^ "Josh Cody: Member Biography". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^ "History of the Early S.I.A.A. Atlanta Basketball Tournament". www.bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "Josh Cody Dies of Heart Attack". The Atlanta Journal. June 19, 1961.