John Elwood "Waddy" Davis (September 18, 1892 â January 9, 1974) was an American college football player and coach of college football and college baseball.
Davis graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He played football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and was captain of the football team.
Davis coached in the high school ranks in Iowa from 1917 to 1919.
Davis was the eighth head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1920 and compiling a record of 0âÂÂ1âÂÂ2.
David died on January 9, 1974, at a hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.