Dutch Bergman | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1895 |
Birth Place: | Peru, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1915–1916, 1919 |
Player Team1: | Notre Dame |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1922 |
Coach Team2: | New Mexico A&M |
Coach Years3: | 1924–1926 |
Coach Team3: | Dayton (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1927–1929 |
Coach Team4: | Minnesota (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1930–1940 |
Coach Team5: | Catholic University |
Coach Years6: | 1943 |
Coach Team6: | Washington Redskins |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1920–1922 |
Coach Team8: | New Mexico A&M |
Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
Coach Years10: | 1928–1930 |
Coach Team10: | Minnesota |
Admin Years1: | 1921–1923 |
Admin Team1: | New Mexico A&M |
Overall Record: | 71–36–5 (college football) 6–3–1 (NFL) 12–5 (college basketball) 27–34–1 (college baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 1–0–1 |
Arthur J. "Dutch" Bergman (February 23, 1895 – August 18, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now New Mexico State University, from 1920 to 1922[1] and at The Catholic University of America from 1930 to 1940, compiling a career college football record of 71–36–5. Bergman was the head coach of the National Football League's Washington Redskins for one season in 1943, tallying a mark of 6–3–1.
During his tenure, the Cardinals went 59–31–4, including a victory in the 1936 Orange Bowl and a tie in the 1940 Sun Bowl. Bergman left the university when the sport was discontinued in 1941 because of World War II, later coaching the Washington Redskins to the 1943 NFL Championship Game, which they lost to the Chicago Bears.
Bergman is still the winningest varsity football coach in Catholic University history and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1982.