Joseph Pipal Explained

Joseph Pipal
Birth Date:18 January 1874
Birth Place:Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Beloit
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1902
Coach Team2:Doane
Coach Years3:1903–1904
Coach Team3:Bellevue (NE)
Coach Years4:1905
Coach Team4:Huron
Coach Years5:1907
Coach Team5:Dickinson
Coach Years6:1910
Coach Team6:South Dakota
Coach Years7:1911–1915
Coach Team7:Occidental
Coach Years8:1916–1917
Coach Team8:Oregon State Beavers football
Coach Years9:1921–1923
Coach Team9:Occidental
Coach Sport10:Basketball
Coach Years11:1910–1911
Coach Team11:South Dakota
Overall Record:50–35–3 (football)
7–3 (basketball)
Championships:Football
1 SCC (1915)

Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905,[1] Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[2] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.[3]

Born in Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University.He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Coaching career

Dickinson

Pipal was the seventh head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.[5] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.[6]

South Dakota

Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.[7] His record was 5–2.[8]

Oregon State University

In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon State Beavers football, known then as Oregon Agriculutural College.[9] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7.[10] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.[10]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Huron College Athletics. August 17, 1905. July 28, 2023. The Brookings Register.
  2. https://archive.today/20120717004205/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1130090/5/index.htm Sports Illustrated
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3672350 The Lateral Pass Technique and Strategy
  4. News: . Joseph Pipal Is Dead; Retired Track and Football Coach at Occidental Was 75 . . August 12, 1955 . July 31, 2016 .
  5. http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference
  6. Web site: Archived copy . December 17, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513071717/http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf . May 13, 2008 .
  7. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/greatwest/south_dakota/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse
  8. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1874&year=1910 College Football Data Warehouse
  9. http://www.oberheide.org/hargiss/1918%20OAC/Barometer/3Mar1933/3Mar1933_Gridiron%20history.htm OAC Barometer
  10. Web site: Oregon State Football Media Guide. https://web.archive.org/web/20150724071547/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf3/79999.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968. dead. July 24, 2015. January 7, 2008.