John Sidney Acosta (December 13, 1898 – July 18, 1929) was a college football player and coach from Jacksonville, Florida in the United States.
[1] He was a guard for the Yale Bulldogs,[2] selected first-team All-American in 1920 by Walter Eckersall.
He grew up in a democratic household with three siblings by the names of Tracy, James Bailey (who died at the age of three), and Katherine.
in October 1917, and served with it at New Haven and Camp Jackson, South Carolina, until September 13, 1918, when he was commissioned second lieutenant of Field Artillery and assigned to the Thirty-ninth Training Battery at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
Acosta was the freshman coach for the Florida Gators in 1922, leading them to a southern title.