A portrait photograph of Joseph E. Raycroft. Joseph Edward Raycroft was born on November 15, 1867 and passed on September 30, 1955. He was the head men's basketball coach for the University of Chicago between 1906–07 and 1909–10. In his four seasons as coach, the Chicago Maroons compiled an overall record of 66 wins and 7 losses. Raycroft later served as Princeton University's Chairman of the Department of Health and Physical Education from 1911 until his retirement in 1936. Under his watch, Raycroft developed a comprehensive student health program based in large measure upon intramural athletics.
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