Jack Forsyth
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Walter Scott Forsyth was a professional football
coach for the Rochester Jeffersons
of the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League
in 1922). He coached the team from 1919 until 1921. He was the Jeffs first head coach in the NFL.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach for the Rochester Jeffersons
Rochester Jeffersons
The Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925.Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the century , the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing...
of the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
in 1922). He coached the team from 1919 until 1921. He was the Jeffs first head coach in the NFL.
Head coaching record
| Year | W | L | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1920 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1921 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 7 | 3 |