10 Facts About Hank Foldberg

Hank Foldberg was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School.

Hank Foldberg received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and played end for coach Earl Blaik's Army Cadets football team from 1944 to 1946.

Hank Foldberg resigned from the US Military Academy in 1948, a year short of graduation, citing family financial hardship.

Hank Foldberg played professional football in 1948 and 1949, first with Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers of the AAFC in 1948, and then with the AAFC's Chicago Hornets in 1949.

Hank Foldberg's first coaching job was as an assistant with the Purdue Boilermakers of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Hank Foldberg remained one of Woodruff's principal assistants through the 1959 season.

Hank Foldberg had previously turned down an offer from the University of Nebraska to coach the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

Hank Foldberg inherited an Aggies program that had not had a winning season since former Aggies coach Bear Bryant left for the University of Alabama after the 1957 season.

Hank Foldberg resigned as the Aggies' athletic director in July 1965.

Hank Foldberg died at his home in Bella Vista, Arkansas; he was 77 years old.