John Newton Bornholdt, Sr

1887 - 1934  (47 years)

• Name	John Newton Bornholdt
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	27 Feb 1887	Davenport, Scott, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1934	Davenport, Scott, Iowa
  Burial	22 Mar 1934	Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
  Person ID	I33132	Nagel
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2017

  
  

  Family	Inez Hazel Houston,   b. 3 Jul 1887, West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa d. 28 Apr 1962, Davenport, Scott, Iowa (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1912	Davenport, Scott, Iowa
  		Bornholdt/Houston Marriage The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa), 25 Dec 1912, Wed, Page 7
  Children	+ 1. John Newton Bornholdt, Jr,   b. 19 Sep 1914, Davenport, Scott, Iowa d. 29 Mar 1984 (Age 69 years)   2. Richard Turner Bornholdt,   b. 24 Jul 1918, Davenport, Scott, Iowa d. 6 Sep 1996 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F10610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Feb 1887 - Davenport, Scott, Iowa Marriage - 25 Dec 1912 - Davenport, Scott, Iowa Death - 20 Mar 1934 - Davenport, Scott, Iowa Burial - 22 Mar 1934 - Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  Documents » Slide Show		High School Athletic Coaches - John Newton Bornholdt Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), 20 Feb 1917, Tue, Page 8
  		Assistant (John Newton) Bornholdt Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), 20 Feb 1917, Tue, Page 8
  		Tri City Champions 1915 - 1916 Davenport High's basket ball team of 1916 copped the Tri-City title. In those days, the word basketball was usually written as two words. The team was coached by “Newt” J. Bornholdt, and managed by V. V. Allen. The “Wearers of the D” included Ernest “Ernie” “Abe” Abramson (Class of January ’17), Henry H. (Harold) “Benny” Bendixen (’17), Richard M. “Dick” Fort (’17), Walter Kelly, Lawrence Cecil “Pooch” “Brewery Face” King (’16), Harry Kipp, Carl R. “Mac” Makeever (’16, Team Captain), Merle “Midge” Makeever (‘19) and Otto H. “Birdie” “Otts” Vogel (’17, Team Captain-Elect). Some of the basketball "Wearers of the D” earned their letters in a previous season, and may in fact not have played on the team this year at all. The "scrubs" included Lynn C. Fulrath (’17), Leon C. Guldner (’17), Wilbur “Bill” Huss and Linden “Lin” F. Krasuski (’18). Dick Fort was one of the stars of the team, but even though he was only a junior, he had used up the allotted four years of high school eligibility for basket ball, so he would not compete on the team the following year at all. Fort was one of Davenport's greatest athletes, especially in football. Before finishing high school, he was recruited to play fullback for the Davenport Athletic Club, professional football team, in their initial season of 1916 and again in 1917 and 1919. The games were played at the old Three-I park in West Davenport. He also played for the Rock island Independents in 1916, as players often switched teams back and forth, even in the same season, whenever a better deal came along. His greatest thrill was playing with the D.A.C. in 1916 and defeating the Evanston Northends by the score of 3-0 when he sent a 43-yard drop kick from a tough angle spinning through the uprights. Fort was still playing football in 1925 with the Muscatine Independents. Dick also put in a year of school at Dubuque University in 1918. Several of the players likely left school before graduating including Walter Kelly, Harry Kipp and Wilbur Huss. Kipp may not have played much or at all in 1915-1916 due to "bad arches." Leon Guldner may have quit mid-season. However, the most famous of all these players was Otto H. Vogel. After high school he went to college at the University of Illinois. The big fellow won five “I’s” at the Urbana institution, and carried off the conference medal for all-around proficiency in athletics and scholarship in his senior year. He played tackle on the Illinois football team of 1920, but kept off the gridiron after that on account of his brilliant work on the basketball floor and baseball diamond. He played guard on the Illinois cage teams of 1921, 1922, and 1923, and center field and first base on the Illini varsity baseball team for the same three years, along with being a wonder at pounding the ball all over the lot. Doubles, triples and home runs were almost as easy as bunts for him, and he held the highest batting average of any college baseball player in his final year! After college he joined the Chicago Cubs for two years where he played 111 games as outfielder and occasionally third baseman, and finished his big league career by pounding a homer over the walls of the Giant stronghold. He was then hired by the University of Iowa in the fall of 1924. In the 1926 “Hawkeye” annual, a full page is devoted to their newly hired baseball coach. He would coach baseball for thirty-five years at Iowa finishing with a Co-Big Ten title in 1942 and a 15-2-1 record. He is considered one of the great all-around athletes to ever play at the University of Illinois. When times were tough at Iowa (1932-1933) and staff was cut, Coach Vogel helped by serving as line coach for the football team.