John R. Bender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John R. Bender

American college football player, college football coach, college basketball coach, college baseball coach

Date of Birth: 14-May-1882

Place of Birth: Sutton, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1928

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Reinhold "Chief" Bender (May 14, 1882 – July 24, 1928) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and baseball.
He served as the head football coach at Black Hills State University (1905), Washington State University (1906–1907, 1912–1914), Haskell Indian Nations University (1908–1909), St.
Louis University (1910–1911), Kansas State University (1915), and the University of Tennessee (1916–1920), compiling a career record of 67–32–7.
He is one of the few college football head coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same school.
Bender was also the head basketball coach at Washington State (1907–1908) and Tennessee (1916–1917, 1919–1921), and the head baseball coach at Washington State (1907–1908, 1913–1915) and Tennessee (1917, 1920).