Hobbs Adams
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 2, 1902 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Died | September 24, 2002 (aged 99) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1925 | USC |
| Baseball | |
| 1924–1925 | USC |
| Position(s) | End (football)[1] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1939 | USC (assistant) |
| 1940–1941 | Kansas State |
| 1942 | Jacksonville NAS |
| 1946 | Kansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–24–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
John Hobbs Adams (November 2, 1902 – September 24, 2002) was an American college football player and coach.[2] He served two tenures as football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats (separated by his service in World War II) and also coached high school football in San Diego.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Adams grew up in San Diego and attended San Diego High School, where he starred in football, baseball, basketball and track, before graduating in 1922.[2] Adams went on to play at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where he captained the 1925 Trojan football team and also played baseball.[3]
While playing on the USC football team in 1924, he was a key player[4] that helped the team defeat Syracuse by score of 16–0,[5] where future Kansas State head coach Pappy Waldorf was playing (Adams would later hold the head coaching position at Kansas State).
Coaching career
[edit]Assistant coaching
[edit]Prior to coaching at Kansas State, Adams was an assistant coach at the University of Southern California (USC) for five seasons[6] under Howard Jones.[7]
Kansas State
[edit]Adams was the 18th head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons: 1940, 1941, and then again in 1946 (Ward Haylett and Lud Fiser were head coaches from 1942 through 1945).[8] His overall coaching record at Kansas State was 4–21–2. The bright spots in his coaching career included a 1940 victory over the cross-state rival Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 20–0[9] and a 12–6 victory in the 1941 season over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[10]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big Six Conference) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Kansas State | 2–7 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1941 | Kansas State | 2–5–2 | 1–3–1 | 5th | |||||
| Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers (Independent) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Jacksonville NAS | 9–3 | |||||||
| Jacksonville NAS: | 9–3 | ||||||||
| Kansas State Wildcats (Big Six Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Kansas State | 0–9 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| Kansas State: | 4–21–2 | 2–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–24–2 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Berkeley Daily Gazette Nov 29, 1924
- ^ a b c "Hobbs Adams: San Diego Hall of Champions". Archived from the original (English) on July 22, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Berkeley Daily Gazette "Trojans to Start Baseball Practice" February 16, 1924
- ^ The Afro American "Colored Star Beat Syracuse" December 20, 1924
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2010-02-16 at the Wayback Machine Syracuse Yearly Results
- ^ The Rock Hill Herald[permanent dead link] "Birds-Kansas Clash Saturday" November 6, 1940
- ^ Berkeley Daily Gazette "Kansas State Hires Adams as Grid Coach" February 24, 1940
- ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Hobbs Adams Named Kansas State Coach" February 24, 1940
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine 1940 Kansas State Football results
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine 1941 Kansas State Football results
- 1902 births
- 2002 deaths
- American football ends
- Kansas State Wildcats football coaches
- Jacksonville Naval Air Station Fliers football coaches
- USC Trojans baseball players
- USC Trojans football coaches
- USC Trojans football players
- San Diego High School alumni
- Coaches of American football from California
- Players of American football from San Diego
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