Joseph Ralph Brandy (November 6, 1897 – July 20, 1971) was an American football player and coach. After serving as a United States Army lieutenant in World War I, Brandy enrolled at the University of Notre Dame and became the starting quarterback for the Fighting Irish football team during the undefeated 1920 season—which was the final season for the legendary George Gipp prior to his death from pneumonia. Brandy was also a starting guard and a captain for the basketball team. After graduation, Brandy accepted a position as a mathematics instructor and coach at the College of St. Thomas—now known as University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota for five years, directing nearly all of the athletic programs, including football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. He also spent one year in the National Football League (NFL) coaching the Minneapolis Marines in 1924. In 1926, he returned to his hometown of Ogdensburg, New York, where he headed up the Advance News weekly newspaper for 16 years, and also coached for three seasons at the Ogdensburg Free Academy. He then founded radio station WSLB and operated it until the late 1950s, at which time he became president of the board at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center. Brandy died on July 20, 1971, at his summer home located on the Saint Lawrence River near Ogdensburg. Head coaching record College football References External links 1897 births 1971 deaths American football halfbacks American football quarterbacks American men's basketball players Minneapolis Marines coaches Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies baseball coaches St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies football coaches St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's basketball coaches St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey coaches College men's basketball head coaches in the United States United States Army personnel of World War I Basketball coaches from New York (state) United States Army officers People from Ogdensburg, New York Players of American football from New York (state)