About Heman L. Dowd
Lived 1887 – 1968 (aged 80). Heman L. Dowd was a coach.
Heman Laurence Dowd (November 28, 1887 – June 4, 1968) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1910 and Washington and Lee University in 1913, compiling a career college football coaching record of 10–6–1.
Dowd was born on November 28, 1887, in Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1913 and subsequently worked as a medical intern as St. Luke's Hospital and St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children. He married Alice Richard on May 24, 1917, at Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan.
Dowd died of a heart attack on June 4, 1968, in New York City.
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American football player and coach (1887–1968)
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Heman L. Dowd was born on 28 November 1887 in Orange.
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Heman L. Dowd died on 4 June 1968 in New York, New York.
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Heman L. Dowd was a coach.
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