Joseph Martin Boland (September 7, 1904 – February 26, 1960) was an American football player and coach and sports broadcaster. He played on the 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team coached by Knute Rockne.[1] Boland also served as the head football coach at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1929 to 1932. He also served as the offensive line coach at his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame from 1934 to 1940[2] under the head coach of Elmer Layden. After his coaching career, he conceived and started the Irish Football Network becoming the first voice of Notre Dame, as well as calling the Chicago Cardinals games of the National Football League (NFL).[3]
 Boland in his later years | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 7, 1904 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 29, 1960 (aged 55) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1925 | Notre Dame |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1932 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| 1934–1940 | Notre Dame (line) |
| Ice hockey | |
| 1932–1933 | St. Thomas (MN) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–9–2 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
As coach:
As player: | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas Cadets/Tommies (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1929) | |||||||||
| 1929 | St. Thomas | 7–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1930 | St. Thomas | 6–2 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1931 | St. Thomas | 4–3–1 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1932 | St. Thomas | 5–2–1 | 3–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| St. Thomas: | 22–9–2 | 14–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 22–9–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Gallery
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Joe Boland and his wife Peg Boland with Fr. Edmund Joyce of Notre Dame -
Joe Boland as line coach at Notre Dame -
Team Picture of 1926 Notre Dame track team -
Team picture of the Notre Dame football team 1924 national championship team with Joe Boland and Knute Rockne -
Joe Boland as a young line coach as Notre Dame in 1935 -
Joe Boland - Coaching Years at Notre Dame -
Joe Boland calling a football game for Notre Dame on WSBT radio -
![Joe Boland and Dempsey[clarification needed] at WSBT studio in South Bend, IN](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Joe_Boland_10.jpg/120px-Joe_Boland_10.jpg)
Joe Boland and Dempsey[clarification needed] at WSBT studio in South Bend, IN
![Joe Boland and Dempsey[clarification needed] at WSBT studio in South Bend, IN](/https/en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Boland_10.jpg)
References
edit- ^ "ND Football". Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "1928 Football" (PDF). Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Philly will be Bonkers for Irish-Temple tile". ndfootballhistory.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.