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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1871–1947)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = John H. Outland
| image = Dr. John Outland.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|3|17}}
| birth_place = [[Hesper, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|3|24|1871|3|17}}
| death_place = [[Laguna Beach, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1891–1892
| player_team2 = [[William Penn Statesmen football|Penn (IA)]]
| player_years3 = 1895–1896
| player_team3 = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| player_years4 = 1897–1899
| player_team4 = [[Penn Quakers football|Penn]]
| player_positions = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]], [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1900
| coach_team2 = [[Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football|Franklin & Marshall]]
| coach_years3 = 1901
| coach_team3 = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]
| coach_years4 = 1902
| coach_team4 = [[Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football|Haskell]]
| coach_years5 = 1904–1905
| coach_team5 = [[Washburn Ichabods football|Washburn]]
| coach_years6 = 1906
| coach_team6 = Haskell
| coach_sport7 = Baseball
| coach_years8 = 1901
| coach_team8 = [[Franklin & Marshall Diplomats baseball|Franklin & Marshall]]
| admin_years1 = 1904–1905
| admin_team1 = [[Washburn Ichabods|Washburn]]
| overall_record = 31–22–3 (football)<br />2–11 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 2× Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1897 College Football All-America Team|1897]], [[1898 College Football All-America Team|1898]])<br />[[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame]] (1974)<ref name="KS HOF">{{cite web |title=John Outland |url=https://www.kshof.org/team/john-outland |publisher=[[Kansas Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=January 9, 2023 }}</ref>
| coaching_records = 
| CFBHOF_year = 2001
| CFBHOF_id = 2114
}}
'''John Henry Outland''' (March 17, 1871 – March 24, 1947) was an American [[college football]] player and coach. He played football at [[William Penn University|Penn College]] in [[Oskaloosa, Iowa]], the [[University of Kansas]], and the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He was twice named an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] while playing for the [[Penn Quakers football|Penn Quakers]], in 1897 as a [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|tackle]] and in 1898 as a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]. After playing, Outland coached at [[Franklin & Marshall College]] in 1900, the University of Kansas in 1901, [[Haskell Indian Nations University|Haskell Institute]] in 1902 and 1906, and [[Washburn University]] from 1904 to 1905, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 31–22–3. He is the namesake of the [[Outland Trophy]], an annual award established in 1946 and given to the best [[interior lineman]] in college football. Outland was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] as a player in 2001.

==Early life and playing career==
Outland was born in [[Hesper, Kansas]] to Thomas Outland and Mahala Outland (née Kemp) into a [[Quaker]] family who settled in Kansas from Indiana around 1860 during the [[Bleeding Kansas]] period as part of a larger Quaker immigration to Kansas in support of the [[Free state (United States)|Free State]] cause. He grew up mostly in [[Johnson County, Kansas]] in the towns of Lexington, Kansas (present day [[DeSoto, Kansas]]) and [[Edgerton, Kansas]]<ref name=KS_Census_1885>{{cite census | title=1885 Kansas State Census |year=1885 | location=Edgerton, Kansas | roll=KS1885_64 | page=11 | line=2 | access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref> though. He was a member of the first football team at [[William Penn University|Penn College]] in [[Oskaloosa, Iowa]] in 1891.<ref>[http://www.statesmenathletics.com/hof/79.php Statesmen Athletics Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050508/http://www.statesmenathletics.com/hof/79.php |date=March 4, 2016 }} John Outland</ref> Outland captained the team in 1892, scoring 32 of the team's 36 points. After starring in football and [[baseball]] at the [[University of Kansas]] in 1895 and 1896, Outland went to [[Philadelphia]] to complete his medical education at the [[University of Pennsylvania Medical School]]. There he became one of the few men ever to win [[College Football All-America Team|All-American football]] honors as both lineman and the backfield player. He was picked by [[Walter Camp]] as a first-team All-American in 1897, as a tackle. In 1898, he was selected again, this time as a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]]. He was captain of the 1898 Pennsylvania team and was voted "Most Popular Man" at the University of Pennsylvania.

Outland worked his way through college and spent his last two summers as a companion to rich young men who were alcoholics. To keep them away from alcohol, Outland took them on camping trips in the Wyoming mountains.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-03-28 |title=Gene Howe Says |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atchison-daily-globe-gene-howe-says/160332016/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The Atchison Daily Globe |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
===Franklin and Marshall===
In 1900, Outland coached the football team at [[Franklin & Marshall College]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] for one season. His team produced a record of 4–5.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1799&year=1900 College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019194658/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1799&year=1900 |date=2012-10-19 }} Franklin and Marshall results 1900</ref> He was the 11th coach of the program that began in 1887.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121025504/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php |date=November 21, 2010}} Franklin and Marshall coaching records</ref>

===Kansas===
Outland was the eighth head football coach for the [[Kansas Jayhawks football|University of Kansas Jayhawks]] located in [[Lawrence, Kansas]] and he held that position for the 1901 season. His overall coaching record at Kansas was 3–5–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/k/kansas/coaching_records.php|publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]]|first=David|last=DeLassus|title=Kansas Coaching Records|access-date=February 17, 2016|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324212404/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/k/kansas/coaching_records.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Haskell===
In February 1902, Outland was selected as the football coach at Haskell Institute—now known as [[Haskell Indian Nations University]]—in Lawrence.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The New Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116089882/the-indian-leader/ |newspaper=The Indian Leader |location=[[Lawrence, Kansas]] |date=February 21, 1902 |page=2 |access-date=January 9, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref> The [[1902 Haskell Indians football team]] compiled a record 8–2–1 with victories over [[1902 Missouri Tigers football team|Missouri]], [[1902 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]], and [[1902 Kansas Jayhawks football team|Kansas]]. After the victory over Missouri, Outland said his team could "beat [[1902 Carlisle Indians football team|Carlisle]] and some of the Eastern colleges also."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1902-10-24 |title=Haskell's Victory -- 40 To 0. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indian-leader-haskells-victory-4/160331909/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The Indian Leader |page=2 |publication-place=Lawrence, Kansas |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Washburn===
Outland also coached at [[Washburn University]] in [[Topeka, Kansas]]. He was the ninth head football coach for Washburn and he held that position for two seasons, from 1904 until 1905. His overall coaching record at Washburn was 14–5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2007 Ichabod Football Media guide |url=https://wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Washburn University Athletics}}</ref>

Outland's 1905 season ended with an [[1905 Washburn vs. Fairmount football game|experimental game]] with {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Fairmount Wheatshockers|title=Fairmount}}, where a new rule forcing the offense to earn a first down in three plays instead of four was in effect. The experiment was considered a failure.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1905-12-26 |title=Ten-Yard Rule a Failure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-ten-yard-rule-a-failu/160331995/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The New York Times |page=8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===Return to Haskell===
In 1906, Outland returned as head coach of the [[1906 Haskell Indians football team|Haskell Indian Nations]] football team in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]]. The team ended its season with a record of 2 wins and 5 losses, being outscored by a total of 96 to 53.<ref>{{cite web|title=1906 Haskell Indians Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=May 8, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/haskell/1906-schedule.html}}</ref> Outland's overall coaching record at Haskell was 10–7–1.

==Later life==
After receiving his medical degree, Outland returned to Kansas in 1900 where he set up his medical practice first in [[Lawrence, Kansas]] which led to his hiring as the head football coach of the University of Kansas. On January 28, 1902 Outland married Ethel Arnett Grimes in her hometown of [[Dana, Indiana]]. He then moved his practice to [[Topeka, Kansas]] in 1904 in order to coach the Washburn University football team. In 1906 Outland moved his family to [[Kansas City, Kansas]]<ref name=Census1910>{{cite census |title=1910 United States Census | year=1910 | location=Kansas City, Kansas | roll=460 | page=190 | line=48 | enumdist=168 |access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref> where he joined the very first staff of the brand new Trinity-Lutheran hospital in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] as a general practicing surgeon. Later, in about 1916, while still on staff with Trinity-Lutheran hospital he moved his family across state lines to Kansas City, Missouri<ref name=Census1920>{{cite census | title=1920 United States Census | year=1920 |location=Kansas City, Missouri | roll=925 | page=264 | line=42 | enumdist=77 | access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Census1930>{{cite census | title=1930 United States Census | year=1930 | location=Kansas City, Missouri | page=89 | line=7 | enumdist=47-118 |access-date=April 23, 2012}}</ref> where he lived until his retirement. During his time as a practicing surgeon he extensively used his own plane, often flying with famous Kansas City early aviation pioneer pilot John Kerr "Tex" LaGrone, to visit patients in rural areas and far flung towns, being the first doctor in the Kansas City area to do so.<ref name="Obit2">{{Cite news |date=1947-03-24 |title=Dr. John Outland Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-dr-john-outland-di/160331974/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |work=The Kansas City Star |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> While practicing medicine in the Kansas City region, Dr. Outland served for many years on the athletic board of the University of Kansas alongside other notable KU alumni, [[James Naismith|Dr. James Naismith]] and [[Forrest Allen|Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen]] amongst others. Dr. Outland also served as a referee for college football games, including the 1907 Iowa State - Nebraska game in which he rendered the decision<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1907-11-06/ed-1/seq-2/|title=The Topeka state journal. &#91;volume&#93; (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, November 06, 1907, LAST EDITION, Image 2|date=6 November 1907|page=2}}</ref> that negated an Iowa State field goal and preserved a [[1907 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team#Iowa State|10-9 Nebraska victory]]. Upon his retirement he moved to Laguna Beach, California. He also served as a [[Major (United States)|major]] in the [[United States Army Medical Corps]] during [[World War I]].

===Kansas Relays===
Outland was the founder of the [[Memorial Stadium, Lawrence#The Kansas Relays|Kansas Relays]], having obtained the inspiration for that event at Penn, when as a student, he saw the [[Penn Relays]] just getting under way. For many years he held the post of honorary referee of the Kansas events.<ref name="KS HOF" />

===Outland Trophy===
Outland conceived the idea of the [[Outland Trophy]] because of his belief that interior lineman were not given enough recognition in college football. The trophy is the third oldest college football trophy. Selection of the winner is made by the [[Football Writers Association of America]].<ref name="KS HOF" />

===Death===
Outland suffered a stroke in March 1947 and died at his home in [[Laguna Beach, California]] two weeks later on March 24, 1947.<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Kansas Relay Organizer Dies|publisher=Hutchinson News Herald|date=March 25, 1947}}</ref><ref>''California Death Records''. [[California|State of California]], March 24, 1947</ref> He was survived by his wife, Ethel, daughter Mrs. Mary McDougall of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], and son John Grimes Outland of [[Dallas, Texas]]. Outland was laid to rest in Maple Grove Cemetery in [[Wichita, Kansas]] near his parents' graves.<ref name="KS HOF" />

==Head coaching record==
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 | name      = [[Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football|Franklin & Marshall]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1900
 | endyear   = single
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 | name         = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall      = 4–5
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 | name       = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall    = 4–5
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 | name      = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas Jayhawks]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1901
 | endyear   = single
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1901 college football season|1901]]
 | name         = [[1901 Kansas Jayhawks football team|Kansas]]
 | overall      = 3–5–2
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 | name       = Kansas
 | overall    = 3–5–2
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Haskell Indians football|Haskell Indians]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1902
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1902 college football season|1902]]
 | name         = [[1902 Haskell Indians football team|Haskell]]
 | overall      = 8–2–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Washburn Ichabods football|Washburn Ichabods]]
 | conf      = [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1904
 | endyear   = 1905
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1904 college football season|1904]]
 | name         = Washburn
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1905 college football season|1905]]
 | name         = [[1905 Washburn Ichabods football team|Washburn]]
 | overall      = 7–3
 | conference   = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Washburn
 | overall    = 14–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Haskell Indians football|Haskell Indians]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1906
 | endyear   = single
}}
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1906 college football season|1906]]
 | name         = [[1906 Haskell Indians football team|Haskell]]
 | overall      = 2–5
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Haskell
 | overall    = 10–7–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 31–22–3
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|2114}}
* {{Find a Grave}}

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