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]