Charles D . Rafferty Charles Donnelly Rafferty ( August 17 , 1879 – October 27 , 1949 ) was an All - American football player and coach . He played at the end position for the Yale Bulldogs football team from 1900 to 1903 , was captain of Yale ' s 1903 football team , and was selected as a first - team All - American in 1903 . He also served as the head coach of the Yale football team in 1904 , leading the team to a record of 10 – 1 . Early years . Rafferty was born at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in August 1879 . He was the son of Gilbert Thomas Rafferty and Harriett Martin Oliver . He attended preparatory school at Andover . He played two years at the end position for Andover ' s football team . Yale . He subsequently enrolled at Yale University ' s Sheffield Scientific School . While attending Yale , he played for the Yale Bulldogs football team from 1900 to 1903 . He played at the end position for Yale as a substitute in 1900 and 1901 and as a starter in 1902 and 1903 . However , he did not play the full season during his junior year due to a condition in his academic studies . In February 1903 , he was elected by his teammates as the captain of Yale ' s 1903 football team . He was also selected in 1903 as a consensus first - team All - American at the end position by Walter Camp for " Collier ' s Weekly " , Caspar Whitney , for " Outing " magazine , Fielding H . Yost , and Charles Chadwick . After graduating from Yale in 1904 , Rafferty returned in the fall of 1904 as the head coach of Yale ' s football team with Walter Camp serving as the general advisory coach . He led the team to a record of 10 – 1 – 0 in his one season as head coach . During the period from 1899 to 1912 , Yale had 14 different head football coaches in 14 years – despite compiling a combined record of 127 – 11 – 10 in those years . During that 14 - year span , the Yale football team has also been recognized as the national championship team by one or more of the major national championship selectors on seven occasions – 1900 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis ) , 1901 ( Parke Davis ) , 1902 ( Parke Davis ) , 1905 ( Parke Davis , Whitney ) , 1906 ( Billingsley , Parke Davis , Whitney ) , 1907 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis , Whitney ) , and 1909 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis ) . Later years . Rafferty was married in June 1912 to Regina Corinne Gelshenen . Rafferty and his wife lived in Greenwich , Connecticut , and Fishers Island , New York . In a draft registration card dated September 1918 , Rafferty indicated that he was living with his wife Corrine on Glenville Road in Greenwich and working in the chemical and fertilizer business for H . J . Baker and Bro . in New York , New York . At the time of the 1920 United States Census , Rafferty was listed as a resident of Greenwich employed as a silk importer . He was living at that time with his wife Corrine and their three children , Brendan ( age 6 ) , Kevin ( age 4 ) , and Martha ( age 1 year , 4 mos . ) . A passport application filed by Rafferty in May 1921 indicated that he continued in the employ of H . J . Baker and Bro . , importers and exporters of heavy chemicals and fertilizer materials . The application indicated that he intended to travel in France , the British Isles , Belgium , Spain and Gibraltar on business for his employer and on vacation for three months . At the time of the 1930 United States Census , Rafferty was listed as a resident of Greenwich employed as a salesman for an importing company . He was living at that time with his wife Corrine and their children Brendan ( age 15 ) , Kevin ( age 13 ) , Martha ( age 10 ) , and Walter ( age 8 ) . In a draft registration card completed at the time of World War II , Rafferty indicated that he was not employed and was living in Greenwich with his wife , Mrs . C . D . Rafferty . Rafferty died in October 1949 at Greenwich , Connecticut . Rafferty ' s grandson , Kevin Rafferty , is a documentary film cinematographer , director , and producer , best known for his 1982 documentary " The Atomic Cafe " .