15 Facts About Harry Kipke

Harry George Kipke was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

Harry Kipke is one of only three coaches, along with Fielding H Yost and Bo Schembechler, in Michigan football history to direct teams to four consecutive conference championships.

Harry Kipke was the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri for one season 1925 while he was an assistant football coach at the school.

Harry Kipke was inducted into of the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1958.

Harry Kipke had two older sisters, an older brother, and three younger brothers.

Harry Kipke is one of the few individuals in Michigan Wolverines history to have been a letterman nine times, doing so in football, basketball, and baseball.

Harry Kipke was named an All-American in 1922 and is regarded as one of the school's all-time greats as a punter.

Harry Kipke called his system "a punt, a pass, and a prayer" in a 1933 article for The Saturday Evening Post.

Ford lacked the money to attend the university, but Harry Kipke's assistance helped him to do so.

The principal of Ford's high school wrote to Harry Kipke and invited him to Grand Rapids to meet Ford.

Harry Kipke accepted the invitation and met with Ford and his family.

Harry Kipke resigned after the 1937 season and was replaced by Fritz Crisler.

From 1940 to 1947, Harry Kipke was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.

Harry Kipke was inducted into of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.

In September 1972, Harry Kipke died at a hospital in Port Huron, Michigan, where he had lived for several years.