Watt Hobt | |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1893 |
Birth Place: | Wellston, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | near Rutledge, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1913–1916 |
Player Team2: | Ohio State |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1917–1918 |
Coach Team2: | Wittenberg |
Coach Years3: | 1919–1920 |
Coach Team3: | Toledo |
Coach Years4: | 1921 |
Coach Team4: | Tennessee (line) |
Coach Years5: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team5: | Tennessee (backfield) |
Coach Years6: | 1924–1925 |
Coach Team6: | Tennessee (freshmen) |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1917–1918 |
Coach Team8: | Wittenberg |
Coach Years9: | 1919–1920 |
Coach Team9: | Toledo |
Overall Record: | 11–9 (football) 9–14 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 OAC (1918) |
Albert Watt Hobt Sr. (October 1, 1893 – October 2, 1963) was an American college football and college basketball coach and physical education professor. He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1919 to 1920. Prior to his stint at Toledo, he served as the head basketball coach at Wittenberg College—now known as Wittenberg University—in Springfield, Ohio during the 1917–18 season.[1]
Hobt moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he served as a long-time physical education faculty member at the University of Tennessee.[2] He served as an assistant coach for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1921 to 1925.[3]
Hobt dued on October 2, 1963, after suffering a heart seizure while driving his car near Rutledge, Tennessee.[4]