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American football player and coach (1897–1971)

Joe Brandy
Career information
Born:	(1897-11-06)November 6, 1897 Ogdensburg, New York, U.S.
Died:	July 20, 1971(1971-07-20) (aged 73) near Ogdensburg, New York, U.S.
Position(s)	Quarterback, halfback
College	Notre Dame
Career history
As coach
1921–1925	St. Thomas (MN)
1924	Minneapolis Marines

Career stats
Coaching stats at Pro Football Reference


Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	U.S. Army
Years of service	1917–1919
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles / wars	World War I

Joseph Ralph Brandy (November 6, 1897 – July 20, 1971) was an American football player and coach.

After serving as a United States Army lieutenant in World War I, Brandy enrolled at the University of Notre Dame and became the starting quarterback for the Fighting Irish football team during the undefeated 1920 season—which was the final season for the legendary George Gipp prior to his death from pneumonia. Brandy was also a starting guard and a captain for the basketball team.

After graduation, Brandy accepted a position as a mathematics instructor and coach at the College of St. Thomas—now known as University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota for five years, directing nearly all of the athletic programs, including football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. He also spent one year in the National Football League (NFL) coaching the Minneapolis Marines in 1924.

In 1926, he returned to his hometown of Ogdensburg, New York, where he headed up the Advance News weekly newspaper for 16 years, and also coached for three seasons at the Ogdensburg Free Academy. He then founded radio station WSLB and operated it until the late 1950s, at which time he became president of the board at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center.

Brandy died on July 20, 1971, at his summer home located on the Saint Lawrence River near Ogdensburg.

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
St. Thomas Cadets (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921–1924)
1921	St. Thomas	4–2	2–2	T–4th
1922	St. Thomas	8–1	4–0	1st
1923	St. Thomas	5–0	1–0	4th
1924	St. Thomas	5–2	3–0	2nd
St. Thomas Cadets (Independent) (1925)
1925	St. Thomas	5–2–1
St. Thomas:		27–7–1	10–2
Total:		27–7–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

Byrne, Jimmy (July 23, 1971). "Brandy Fame Lasted". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 26. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Joe Brandy at Find a Grave

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v t e St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey
Playing venues	State Fair Coliseum (1976–2003) St. Thomas Ice Arena (2003–2025) Lee and Penny Anderson Arena (2025–future)
Head Coaches	Harold Dudley (1920–21) Joe Brandy (1921–23, 1925–26) Dave Hayes (1923–24) Bill Houle (1924–25) Willard Faulk (1926–27) John O'Halloran (1927–28) Matt Coogan (1928–30) Frank Penas (1930–32) Joe Boland (1932–33) Frank Halder (1933–35) Frank Klingberg (1935–37) Leo McGuire (1937–39) Wee Walsh (1939–42) Tom Cunningham (1946–48) Bill Funk (1948–51, 1952–55) Norm Robertson (1951–52) Ken Staples (1955–59) Don Saatzer (1959–62) Tom Martinson (1962–63) Joe Flood (1963–70) Gus Schwartz (1970–82) Terry Abram (1982–87) Terry Skrypek (1987–2010) Jeff Boeser (2010–2021) Enrico Blasi (2021–present)
Seasons	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	MIAC (1920–2021) CCHA (2021–2026) NCHC (2026–Future)
Frozen Four appearances	2000 2005
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1999 2000 2002 2004 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2020
Conference Tournament titles	MIAC: 1986 1988 1992 1994 1999 2002 2004 2005 2008 2010 2014 2020
University of St. Thomas Saint Paul, MN

v t e St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball coaches
Unknown (1904–1917) George Keogan (1917–1918) Unknown (1918–1919) Paul Loudon (1919–1920) Joe Brandy (1921–1925) Unknown (1925–1935) Jack Sterrett (1935–1937) Nic Musty (1937–1940) Frank Deig (1940–1946) John Kundla (1946–1947) Paul Sokol (1947–1954) Tom Feeley (1954–1980) Steve Fritz (1980–2011) John Tauer (2011– )

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*selected national champion by NCF

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