James M. Swift was an American college football coach.
He was the first head football coach at Michigan State Normal School—now known as Eastern Michigan University—and is credited for introducing the sport of American football to the school.
Durfee High School, the only high school in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he played football alongside Bernard Trafford, who captained the Harvard Crimson football team in 1891 and 1892.
[1] He held the position of head football coach for the 1891 season.
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