O. A. Hankner Explained

O. A. Hankner
Birth Date:18 June 1908
Birth Place:Tripoli, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Illinois
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1938
Coach Team2:Eureka
Coach Years3:1939
Coach Team3:East Carolina
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1937–1939
Coach Team5:Eureka
Overall Record:1–14 (football)
13–18 (basketball)

Oscar August Hankner (June 18, 1908 – October 3, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois in 1938 and at East Carolina Teachers College—now known as East Carolina University–in 1939, compiling a career college football coaching record 1–14.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Eureka from 1937 to 1939, tallying a mark of 13–18.

Hanker was born in Tripoli, Iowa. He died on October 3, 1946, at Burnham Hospital in Champaign, Illinois, after suffering from an intestinal obstruction.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eureka Coaching Records. College Football Data Warehouse. David. DeLassus. February 15, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101121045113/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/umac/eureka/coaching_records.php. November 21, 2010.
  2. News: . Rites for Former Tripoli Resident Today in Illinois . . . October 6, 1946 . 10 . November 26, 2018 . .