Iowa

George Baird Affleck played field hockey at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) under James McCurdy in 1901. After his graduation that year, Affleck became director of physical training at the Iowa State Normal School (later known as the Iowa State Teachers College, now Northern Iowa University). He stayed in Iowa through 1907, then returned to the Training School until his retirement in 1941. In Springfield he coached the men's soccer team from 1909 to 1928, and was awarded the college's Tarbell Medallion for outstanding service in 1944.