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(Redirected from Jap Douds) American football player and coach (1905–1979)

Forrest Douds
Career information
No. 15, 12, 47, 44

Born:	(1905-04-21)April 21, 1905 Rochester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:	August 16, 1979(1979-08-16) (aged 74) Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Position(s)	Tackle
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	216 lb (98 kg)
College	Washington & Jefferson
Career history
As coach
1933	Pittsburgh Pirates
As player
1930	Providence Steam Roller
1930–1931	Portsmouth Spartans
1932	Chicago Cardinals
1933–1934	Pittsburgh Pirates

Career highlights and awards
1930 NFL All-Pro Team First-team All-American (1928) 2× Second-team All-American (1927, 1929) Head coaching record: 3–6–2 First coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame (1976)
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Coaching stats at Pro Football Reference

Forrest McCreery "Jap" Douds (April 21, 1905 – August 16, 1979) was an All-American football player at Washington and Jefferson College in suburban Washington, Pennsylvania, where he was selected as an All-American three times and was the first player ever selected to the East–West Game in two separate seasons. He played professional American football player for the Portsmouth Spartans, Providence Steam Roller, Chicago Cardinals, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was named to the 1930 NFL All-Pro Team. In 1933, he became the first coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1933 leading the team to a 3–6–2 record before being replaced in the off-season.

He was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.

References

Social Security Administration (2014). "Forrest Douds". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 (database record) – via ancestry.com.
"1930 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
"Forrest Douds Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
"Forrest "Jap" Douds". Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010.

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers head coaches
Formerly the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1939)
Forrest Douds (1933) Luby DiMeolo (1934) Joe Bach (1935–1936) Johnny "Blood" McNally (1937–1939) Walt Kiesling (1939–1940) Bert Bell (1941) Aldo Donelli (1941) Walt Kiesling (1941–1942) No team (1943–1944) Jim Leonard (1945) Jock Sutherland (1946–1947) John Michelosen (1948–1951) Joe Bach (1952–1953) Walt Kiesling (1954–1956) Buddy Parker (1957–1964) Mike Nixon (1965) Bill Austin (1966–1968) Chuck Noll (1969–1991) Bill Cowher (1992–2006) Mike Tomlin (2007–present)

Formerly the Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1939)

v t e Portsmouth Spartans 1930 inaugural season roster
Walt Ambrose Chuck Bennett Chuck Braidwood Richard Brown Koester Christensen Ebby DeWeese Forrest Douds Byron Eby Harold Fenner Bill Fleckenstein Willis Glassgow Al Graham Aaron Grant Hal Griffen Frank Hanny Dud Harris George Hastings Lou Jennings Spider Johnson Red Joseph Cy Kahl Tiny Lewis Father Lumpkin Babe Lyon Emil Mayer Chief McLain Ernie Meyer Ray Novotny Frosty Peters Carroll Ringwalt Fred Roberts Sod Ryan Vin Schleusner Ronald Shearer Gene Smith Buck Weaver Bull Wesley Head coach Hal Griffen

v t e Pittsburgh Pirates (Steelers) 1933 inaugural season roster
Corrie Artman Angelo Brovelli John Burleson James Clark Sam Cooper Larry Critchfield Ted Dailey Nick DeCarbo Jap Douds Tiny Engebretsen Tony Holm Walt Holmer Frank Hood Clarence Janecek Mose Kelsch Ray Kemp Martin Kottler Mose Lantz John Letsinger Bucky Moore Paul Moss John Oehler Jess Quatse Leo Raskowski Don Rhodes Gil Robinson Elmer Schwartz George Shaffer Bill Sortet Bill Tanguay Ray Tesser Harp Vaughan Ed Westfall Tommy Whelan Head coach: Forrest Douds