Henry Bjorkman
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 29, 1901 Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 9, 1974 (aged 72) New York, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1922–1924 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1925–1926 | Georgia Tech (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Henry Bjorkman (October 29, 1901 – August 9, 1974) was an American football player and coach and businessman. He was selected as a first-team All-American football player in 1924. He later became a partner in the Wall Street firm of Spencer Trask & Company.
Athletic career
[edit]Bjorkman was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, the son of Swedish immigrants, the Swedish spelling of the surname being Björkman. He attended Dartmouth College where he played for the Dartmouth Big Green baseball and football teams. He was captain of baseball team and he played end for the football team.[1] He was selected by Walter Camp, Walter Eckersall and Liberty magazine as a first-team end on the 1924 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4]
Coaching and later years
[edit]After graduating from Dartmouth in 1925, Bjorkman served for two years as an assistant football coach under Bill Alexander at Georgia Tech.[1]
Bjorkman later worked in the stock brokerage business and became a partner in the Wall Street firm Spencer Trask & Company. During World War II, he served as an intelligence officer in the United States Army Air Forces, holding the rank of major. Bjorkman was married to Elizabeth Cutler, and they had a son, Henry C. Bjorkman. Starting in 1949, Bjorkman rented a shop near his home on East 88th Street in Manhattan, where he made thousands of hand-crafted and inscribed bats as gifts for boys in orphanages and corrective farms. Bjorkman died in 1974 at age 73.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Henry Bjorkman, Stock Broker, Dies: Made Baseball Bats for Poor Youth as Hobby". The New York Times. August 10, 1974.
- ^ "Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team". Appleton Post-Crescent. December 30, 1924.
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
- ^ "Walter Eckersall's All-American Eleven Honors Notre Dame". The Washington Post. December 15, 1924.