# Joseph Duff

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American football player and coach, United States Army officer

For the association footballer, see [Joe Duff](/source/Joe_Duff).

Joseph Duff Duff from The Owl, 1914 Biographical details Born (1889-01-28)January 28, 1889 Carnegie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died October 10, 1918(1918-10-10) (aged 29) Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France Alma mater Princeton University Playing career 1911 Princeton Position Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1912 Princeton (assistant) 1913–1914 Pittsburgh Head coaching record Overall 14–3–1 Accomplishments and honors Championships National (1911) Awards Consensus All-American (1911)

**Joseph M. Duff Jr.** (January 28, 1889 – October 10, 1918) was an All-American football player and coach who was killed in action during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). Duff graduated from [Shady Side Academy](/source/Shady_Side_Academy) in [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh) before enrolling at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University). He played guard for Princeton and was selected for [Walter Camp](/source/Walter_Camp)'s All-American eleven in 1911. After graduating from Princeton, Duff became an assistant football coach at the school for the 1912 football season, assisting head coach [Logan Cunningham](/source/Logan_Cunningham_(coach)). He served as the football coach at the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) in 1913 and 1914 and graduated from the [School of Law](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh_School_of_Law) in 1915.[1] He became a member of the [Allegheny County](/source/Allegheny_County%2C_Pennsylvania) Bar[2] and went to work in the law firm of his brother [James H. Duff](/source/James_H._Duff).[3]

In June 1917, he was in the Reserve Officers Training Camp in [Fort Niagara](/source/Fort_Niagara), but was not given his commission due to a vision problem.[2] Undeterred, he enlisted in the U.S. military in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and went to France as a private in the 313th Machine Gun Battalion,[4] [80th Division](/source/80th_Division_(United_States)). He was promoted to the rank of a lieutenant on September 30, 1918[5] and transferred to the [32nd Division](/source/32nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) to lead a machine gun company for the 125th Infantry.[6] He was killed in action on Côte Dame Marie in [Romagne-sous-Montfaucon](/source/Romagne-sous-Montfaucon), France on October 10, 1918.[7][8][9]

## Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Pittsburgh Panthers (Independent) (1913–1914) 1913 Pittsburgh 6–2–1 1914 Pittsburgh 8–1 Pittsburgh: 14–3–1 Total: 14–3–1

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*University of Pittsburgh Commencement Program*](http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittcommence;didno=1919e49956;idno=1919e49956;view=image;seq=0015). University of Pittsburgh. June 13, 1919. Retrieved May 27, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_2-1) ["Court Pays Tribute to Lieut Joseph Duff"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/85541496/). *The Gazette Times*. Pittsburgh. November 26, 1918. p. 7.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Joe Duff, Former Pitt Grid Coach, Killed in France"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/144818253/). *The Pittsburgh Press*. November 25, 1918. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Capets, Andrew (September 8, 2017). *Good War, Great Men*. Andrew Capets. p. 133. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0692116470](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0692116470).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Joe Duff, Football Star Is Killed In France"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/85541485/). *The Gazette Times*. Pittsburgh. November 25, 1918. p. 8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Capets, Andrew (September 8, 2017). *Good War, Great Men*. p. 134. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0692951026](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0692951026).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Football Star Killed in Action October 10". The Tucson Citizen. November 25, 1918.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Joseph Duff Killed". The Evening Times (Pawtucket). November 25, 1918.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Lieut. Joseph Duff Killed: Former Princeton Gridiron Star Was Promoted from the Ranks"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/11/26/106216806.pdf) (PDF). *The New York Times*. November 26, 1918.

## External links

- [Joseph Duff](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53598288) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

v t e Pittsburgh Panthers head football coaches No coach (1890–1892) Anson Harrold (1893) No coach (1894) J. P. Linn (1895) George W. Hoskins (1896) Thomas Trenchard (1897) Fred A. Robison (1898–1899) Roy Jackson (1900) Wilbur Hockensmith (1901) Fred Crolius (1902) Arthur Mosse (1903–1905) Edgar Wingard (1906) John A. Moorhead (1907–1908) Joseph H. Thompson (1909–1912) Joseph Duff (1913–1914) Pop Warner (1915–1923) Jock Sutherland (1924–1938) Charley Bowser (1939–1942) Clark Shaughnessy (1943–1945) Wes Fesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) Len Casanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951) Red Dawson (1952–1954) Tom Hamilton (1954) John Michelosen (1955–1965) Dave Hart (1966–1968) Carl DePasqua (1969–1972) Johnny Majors (1973–1976) Jackie Sherrill (1977–1981) Foge Fazio (1982–1985) Mike Gottfried (1986–1989) Paul Hackett (1989–1992) Sal Sunseri # (1992) Johnny Majors (1993–1996) Walt Harris (1997–2004) Dave Wannstedt (2005–2010) Phil Bennett # (2010) Todd Graham (2011) Keith Patterson # (2011) Paul Chryst (2012–2014) Joe Rudolph # (2014) Pat Narduzzi (2015– ) # denotes interim head coach

v t e 1911 Princeton Tigers football—national champions Hobey Baker Arthur Bluethenthal Joseph Duff Ed Hart Talbot Pendleton Robert E. Vaughan Sanford White Head coach Bill Roper

v t e 1911 College Football All-America Team consensus selections Backfield QB Art Howe QB Earl Sprackling HB Jim Thorpe HB Percy Wendell FB John Dalton Line E Douglas Bomeisler E Sanford White T Leland Devore T Edward Hart G Joseph Duff G Bob Fisher C Hank Ketcham

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