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Joseph Pipal
American sports coach (1874–1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1874-01-18)January 18, 1874 Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
Died | August 10, 1955(1955-08-10) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1900 | Beloit |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1902 | Doane |
1903–1904 | Bellevue (NE) |
1905 | Huron |
1907 | Dickinson |
1910 | South Dakota |
1911–1915 | Occidental |
1916–1917 | Oregon State Beavers football |
1921–1923 | Occidental |
Basketball | |
1910–1911 | South Dakota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 50–35–3 (football) 7–3 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 SCC (1915) | |
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]