John A. Bloomingston
Deceased Person
1874 – 1942
Who was John A. Bloomingston?
John Albert Bloomingston was an American attorney and football and baseball player and coach. He played at the fullback position for the University of Michigan football teams in 1894 and 1895. He was the leading scorer on the 1895 Michigan Wolverines football team that outscored opponents 266 to 14 and won the school's first Western football championship. He scored as many as 32 points in a single game. The Wolverines compiled a record of 17–2–1 in Bloomingston's two years as the starting fullback and never lost a game against a Western team. After graduating from Michigan, he became one of the best known trial lawyers in Chicago, Illinois, where he practiced for more than 40 years.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1874
Chicago - Also known as
- John Bloomingston
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Died
- Jan 8, 1942
Philadelphia
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on July 23, 2013
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