George Hoban Explained

George Hoban
Birth Date:27 September 1890
Birth Place:Claremont, New Hampshire, U.S.
Death Place:Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Years1:1908, 1910
Player Team1:Dartmouth
Player Years2:1912–1914
Player Team2:Lehigh
Player Years3:1918
Player Team3:Camp Devens
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Years1:1918
Coach Team1:Camp Devens
Coach Years2:1921
Coach Team2:Friends School of Baltimore (MD)
Coach Years3:1922–1923
Coach Team3:St. John's (MD)
Coach Years4:1926–1933
Coach Team4:Baltimore Polytechnic (MD)
Coach Years5:1942
Coach Team5:Lehigh
Overall Record:17–12–4
Championships:1 Middle Three (1942)

George William Hoban (September 27, 1890 – February 2, 1943) was an American football player, coach, and official. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University for one season in 1942, compiling a record of 5–2–1. Hoban played football there as a halfback at Lehigh from 1912 to 1914 before graduation in 1915. During World War I he coached team for the 304th Infantry Regiment and at Camp Devens. After working for Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point, Maryland, Hoban moved to the Friends School of Baltimore in 1921 to teach history and coach. In 1922, he moved to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.[1] Hoban died on February 2, 1943, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, of a heart attack while driving his car.[2]

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. News: . George Hoban of Baltimore Is New Football Coach At Lehigh . Standard-Sentinel . . May 25, 1942 . 8 . October 31, 2018 . .
  2. News: George Hoban, Head Football Coach; Coach at University Succumbs to Heart Attack Driving Auto . . . February 3, 1943 . November 2, 2011.