J. A. Gammons

John Ashley "Daff" Gammons (March 17, 1876 – March 24, 1963) was an American baseball and football player, college football and baseball coach, amateur golfer, and insurance agent. He played professional baseball for one season, 1901, for the Boston Beaneaters. Gammons served as the head football coach at Brown University in 1902, 1908, and 1909, and as its head baseball coach from 1901 to 1903.

Early life Gammons was born on March 17, 1876, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. and baseball, including on the 1896 national championship team. He graduated from Brown in 1898,

Professional career After college, Gammons embarked upon a professional career in the insurance business. In 1901, he founded his own insurance company, John A. Gammons, Inc. in Providence, Rhode Island, which still remained in business more than one hundred years later.

Gammons also continued his playing career in both football and baseball. In 1898 and 1899, Gammons played football for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club. He played football for the Homestead Library & Athletic Club in 1900 and 1901, followed by the Pittsburgh Stars of the 1902 National Football League. In 1901, Gammons was approached by two professional teams: the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League and the Boston Beaneaters of the National League.

Gammons also coached the Brown baseball team from 1901 to 1903. Gammons later returned to that position in 1908 and 1909, in which the football teams compiled records of 5–3–1 and 7–3, respectively.

In 1917, Gammons led a group of investors which purchased the Providence Grays baseball team of the International League. in which he had previously finished as runner-up in 1919 and 1920.

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