About Adolph Hamblin
Lived 1896 – 1966 (aged 69–70). Adolph Hamblin was an American coach.
Adolph Putnam "Ziggy" Hamblin (1896 – August 17, 1966) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Hamblin attended Knox College in that city. He received 16 varsity letters at Knox, competing in football, basketball, baseball, and track.
He served as the head football coach at West Virginia State College from 1921 to 1944. He led the 1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team to the black college football national championship. He also coached the basketball and baseball teams and was a professor of biology for 45 years.
In 1987, Hamblin was posthumously inducted into the Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame. In addition, the science building at West Virginia State was named for him.
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Who was Adolph Hamblin?
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coch
When was Adolph Hamblin born?
Adolph Hamblin was born in 1896 in Galesburg.
When did Adolph Hamblin die?
Adolph Hamblin died on 17 August 1966 in South Charleston, West Virginia.
What was Adolph Hamblin's occupation?
Adolph Hamblin was a coach.
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Adolph Hamblin was American.
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