Joseph A. Meyer | |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1893 |
Death Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Basketball |
Player Years2: | 1916–1917 |
Player Team2: | Notre Dame |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1914–1917 |
Player Team4: | Notre Dame |
Player Years5: | 1919 |
Player Team5: | Columbia Comers |
Player Positions: | First baseman (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920–1935 |
Coach Team2: | Xavier |
Coach Years3: | 1938–1942 |
Coach Team3: | Cincinnati |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1920–1933 |
Coach Team5: | Xavier |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1926 |
Coach Team7: | Xavier |
Coach Years8: | 1941–1943 |
Coach Team8: | Cincinnati |
Admin Years1: | 1920–1935 |
Admin Team1: | Xavier |
Overall Record: | 94–52 (basketball) 15–14 (baseball) |
Joseph A. Meyer (December 10, 1893 – July 14, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Xavier University from 1920 to 1935 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1938 to 1942. Meyer was also the head basketball coach at Xavier from 1920 to 1933, tallying a mark of 94–52. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Xavier in 1926 and at Cincinnati in 1942, amassing a career college baseball record of 14–10. Meyer played basketball and baseball at the University of Notre Dame. He died at the age of 75 on July 14, 1970, at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1]