Facts: - death date: 3 november 1922 - coach team: gallaudet - coach years: 1883 - birth date: 22 august 1845 - death place: washington , d. c. - birth place: seymour , connecticut - alma mater: gallaudet Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john b. hotchkiss .
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john burton hotchkiss -lrb- august 22 , 1845 -- november 3 , 1922 -rrb- was an american football coach and professor .he was deaf since the age of 9 , and attended gallaudet university , where later he was the first coach of the gallaudet bison football team .he is the namesake of their football field .hotchkiss was also a writer ; one of the founders and editors of the silent world , a short-lived paper for the deaf .hotchkiss taught english and history .