Dave Cropp

David Bertram Cropp (July 8, 1876 – August 14, 1950) was an American university professor and college football and college baseball coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1899, Dakota University—now known as Dakota Wesleyan University—in Mitchell, South Dakota in 1901, and the University of Colorado—now known as the University of Colorado at Boulder—in 1903 and 1904. Cropp was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1904 and 1905, tallying a mark of 9–9. He attended Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa and the University of Wisconsin—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[2]

Dave Cropp

Biographical details
Born	(1876-07-08)July 8, 1876 Dubuque County, Iowa, U.S.
Died	August 14, 1950(1950-08-14) (aged 74)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1899	Cornell (IA)
1901	Dakota University
1903–1904	Colorado
Baseball
1904–1905	Colorado
Head coaching record
Overall	25–6–1 (football) 9–9 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 Colorado Football Association (1904)

Cropp married Esther Richard on December 3, 1902, in Mitchell, South Dakota.^[3][4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cornell Purple (Independent) (1899)
1899	Cornell	5–2
Cornell:		5–2
Dakota University (Independent) (1901)
1901	Dakota University	6–0
Dakota University:		6–0
Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1903–1904)
1903	Colorado	8–2	4–0	1st
1904	Colorado	6–2–1	3–1
Colorado:		14–4–1	7–1
Total:		25–6–1
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth