Jake Crouthamel
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John Jacob Crouthamel (b. June 27, 1938 in Perkasie, Pennsylvania
) graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College
in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys
but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse University
in 1978. Crouthamel played a key role in the formation of the Big East Conference
in 1979 and served on the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee. He received the John L. Toner Award in 1999. In 2000, Jake Crouthamel was named the NACDA Division IA Northeast Region Athletics Director of the Year and received the Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in 2002. While Crouthamel was athletic director at Syracuse, his teams won 10 national championships. He retired from Syracuse University on June 30, 2005. In January, 2009 Crothamel was an honoree at the biennial Ivy League
Football Players Association dinner which recognizes a former player from each of the eight Ivy schools who has become a leader in his chosen field.
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. Establishments in the borough early in the twentieth century included silk mills, baseballs, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone crusher, and manufacturies of cigars, tags and labels, wire novelties, etc. The...
) graduated with a B.A. in history from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in 1960. He was the first football player to sign with the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
but was traded to the Boston Patriots in 1960. He was head football coach at Dartmouth from 1971-1977 and became athletic director at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
in 1978. Crouthamel played a key role in the formation of the Big East Conference
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
in 1979 and served on the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee. He received the John L. Toner Award in 1999. In 2000, Jake Crouthamel was named the NACDA Division IA Northeast Region Athletics Director of the Year and received the Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in 2002. While Crouthamel was athletic director at Syracuse, his teams won 10 national championships. He retired from Syracuse University on June 30, 2005. In January, 2009 Crothamel was an honoree at the biennial Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
Football Players Association dinner which recognizes a former player from each of the eight Ivy schools who has become a leader in his chosen field.