Greg Kabat Explained

Greg Kabat
Birth Date:21 May 1911
Birth Place:Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Malheur County, Oregon, U.S.
Import:yes
Position1:Running back
Position2:Guard
Position3:Flying wing
College:University of Wisconsin
Playing Years1:1933–1940
Playing Team1:Winnipeg 'Pegs/Blue Bombers
Playing Years2:1941
Playing Team2:Vancouver Grizzlies
Career Highlights:
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Cfhofyear:1966

Gregory Stanley Kabat (May 21, 1911 – January 12, 1994) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played Canadian football professionally as a running back for eight seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (NFL). He helped the Blue Bombers to two Grey Cup championships in 1935 and 1939. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin, where he was named to the 1932 College Football All-America Team as a guard. Kabat later coached football at Vancouver College, the University of British Columbia, and Cantwell High School in Montebello, California. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Coaching career

In 1948, Kabat was hired at the head football and head track coach at Cantwell High School in Montebello, California.[1] He resigned as football and track coach in 1966, but remained a member of the teaching faculty at the school.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Greg Kabat Is Leaving Coach Grid . . . . August 24, 1948 . 17 . November 25, 2022 . .
  2. News: . Cantwell Signs Grid Mentor . . . February 26, 1966 . 15 . November 25, 2022 . .