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John Henry Mohardt (January 21, 1898 – November 24, 1961) was an American football and baseball player and medical doctor. Mohardt attended the University of Notre Dame from 1918 through 1921 where he played football under Knute Rockne and also competed in baseball and track and field. He was selected as an All-American halfback in 1921 but lost his last year of collegiate eligibility for participating in a professional football game against the Green Bay Packers in December 1921. Mohardt played professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers for five games in April 1922 and also played in the minor leagues during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. He also played professional football in the National Football League for four seasons with the Chicago Cardinals (1922–1923), Racine Legion (1924), and Chicago Bears (1925). He shared the backfield with Red Grange in 1925. After retiring from athletics, Mohardt became a medical doctor. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II in the North African and Italian Campaigns. He later became a surgeon at a veterans hospital and eventually the assistant director of the Veterans Administration's Surgical Service. ==Early years== Mohardt was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in January 1898.〔 His family moved to Gary, Indiana, while he was a child.〔 At the time of the 1920 U.S. Census, Mohardt was living in Gary with his parents and nine younger siblings. Both of his parents were immigrants from Austria, and his father worked as a pipe fitter in a sheet mill.〔Census entry for George and Catherine Mohardt. Son John Mohardt age 21, born in Pennsylvania, listed as a student at Notre Dame College. Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Calumet, Lake, Indiana; Roll: T625_446; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 18. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census (on-line ).〕 After the tenth grade, Mohardt dropped out to work in a local steel mill. He worked in the mill for two years before enrolling at the University of Notre Dame. According to Mohardt's son, Mohardt was given two tests by Notre Dame officials—running and throwing—which he passed and enrolled at Notre Dame in 1918 at age 20. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Mohardt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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