John A. Lillibridge was an American businessman and college football

College football

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 coach. He served as the head coach at the Maryland Agricultural College

University of Maryland, College Park

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 (now University of Maryland) in 1897.

Biography

Lillibridge was born in 1878 in Laurel, Maryland

Laurel, Maryland

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 and enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College

University of Maryland, College Park

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 (now the University of Maryland) in 1894. He played as an end on the football team

Maryland Terrapins football

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 in 1896 and 1897. Lillibridge served as captain and player-coach in 1897. The Aggies posted a 2–4 record that season.

Lillibridge graduated in 1898 with an A.B. degree through the school's Classical Course. He worked as an accountant for the Maryland Steel Company and then as a sales representative for the Barrett Manufacturing Company.

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