David Arthur Brodie (July 28, 1867 â December 29, 1951) was an American agriculturalist and college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington Agricultural College and School of ScienceâÂÂnow known as Washington State UniversityâÂÂfor one season, in 1896, compiling a record of 2âÂÂ0âÂÂ1.
Brodie was born in Peterborough, Ontario and moved with family in 1883 to a farm near Silverton, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State Normal SchoolâÂÂnow known as Western Oregon UniversityâÂÂin 1894. He graduated Washington Agricultural in 1898 and became an assistant professor there. Brodie later worked for the United States Department of Agriculture. He moved from Washington, D.C. to Avon Park, Florida around 1939, and died there, on December 29, 1951.