John F. Temple was an American college baseball coach, serving primarily as head coach of the Boston College Eagles baseball team from 1950–1957.[1] Temple also served as the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team in 1942 and 1943.
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| 1929–1931 | Boston College |
| Position(s) | Third basemen / Outfielder |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| ? | Cambridge (MA) Rindge Tech (football & basketball) |
| ? | Watertown (MA) (football & basketball) |
| 1942–1943 | Boston College (hockey) |
| ?–1949 | Boston (MA) College (hockey) |
| 1950–1957 | Boston College (baseball) |
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| Overall | 84–58–1 (baseball) |
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Temple played ice hockey and baseball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He played his freshman year at Boston College as a member of the hockey team, but the program was dropped before his sophomore season. He then played third base and outfield for the Boston College baseball team from 1929–1931.[2] He then briefly played in the Northeastern League before retired to teach in the Cambridge school system.
In 1950, Temple was named the successor to Freddie Maguire who left to take a job with the Boston Red Sox.[3] He coached the 1953 Eagles team to the 1953 College World Series, where they went 2–2 and finished 4th.
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| 1950 | Boston College | 12–8 | |||||||
| 1951 | Boston College | 12–8 | |||||||
| 1952 | Boston College | 12–7 | |||||||
| 1953 | Boston College | 13–7 | 1953 College World Series | ||||||
| 1954 | Boston College | 9–6 | |||||||
| 1955 | Boston College | 12–6 | NCAA Baseball Tournament | ||||||
| 1956 | Boston College | 9–6 | |||||||
| 1957 | Boston College | 5–10–1 | |||||||
| Boston College: | 84–58–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 84–58–1 | ||||||||
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Postseason invitational champion
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