Joseph Pipal
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Pipal in the 1907 Dickinson football team photo
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track and field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 18, 1874 Zachotín, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1902 | Doane |
| 1907 | Dickinson |
| 1910 | South Dakota |
| 1911–1915 | Occidental |
| 1916–1917 | Oregon Agricultural |
| 1921–1923 | Occidental |
| Basketball | |
| 1910–1911 | South Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–33–3 (football) 7–3 (basketball) |
| Statistics | |
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), Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon Agricultural College, now Oregon State University, (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–33–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[1] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.[2] He died on August 10, 1955 of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.[3]
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Coaching career
Dickinson
Pipal was the seventh head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.[4] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1. This ranks him 28th at Dickinson in terms of total wins and 26th at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage.[5]
South Dakota
Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season,[6] the third coach on record at the school.[7] His record was 5–2.[8]
Oregon Agricultural
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon Agricultural College, now called Oregon State University.[9] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record.[10] 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.[11] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.[11]
References
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- ↑ Sports Illustrated "A Roundup Of The Week's News" August 22, 1955
- ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3672350 [The Lateral Pass Technique and Strategy] by Joseph A. Pipal, 1934
- ↑ New York Times "JOSEPH PIPAL IS DEAD; Retired Track and Football Coach at Occidental Was 75" August 12, 1955
- ↑ Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ↑ http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf
- ↑ USD Coyotes Football History
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse "University of South Dakota Coachin Records"
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse "1910 South Dakota Football Results
- ↑ OAC Barometer "Gridiron History Makes Colorful Backgrounds", Hal Erne, March 3, 1933
- ↑ College Football Reference"Oregon State University Football Records"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
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- 1874 births
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- Dickinson Red Devils football coaches
- Doane Tigers football coaches
- Occidental Tigers football coaches
- Oregon State Beavers football coaches
- South Dakota Coyotes football coaches
- South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball coaches
- College track and field coaches in the United States
- Beloit College alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
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