John A. Armstrong, Jr. (1898 – April 30, 1960) was an American football player and coach. After attending the University of Dubuque, where he was a four-sport athlete, he played on the Rock Island Independents of the National Football League, and later the first American Football League, from 1923–1926. The Green Bay Press-Gazette named Armstrong a third-team All-Pro in 1923. In 1924, Armstrong coached the Independents to a 5–2–2 record, and a fifth-place finish. Armstrong also played minor league baseball for the Dubuque Climbers/Dubs/Ironmen and Oklahoma City Indians from 1922 to 1928.
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