Herbert M Kopf was an American football player and coach.
13 Facts About Herb Kopf
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Herb Kopf was the head football coach at Manhattan College from 1938 to 1942 and the head coach for the Boston Yanks of the National Football League from 1944 to 1946.
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Herb Kopf followed Little to Columbia University in 1930 where he coached the ends and backfield for eight seasons.
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Herb Kopf was the head football coach at the Manhattan College from 1938 until the program ended in 1942.
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Herb Kopf was the school's athletic director from 1938 to 1944.
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In 1944, Herb Kopf was named head coach of the Boston Yanks.
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However, instead of coaching the Yanks, Crowley became commissioner of the new All-America Football Conference and Herb Kopf remained as the Yanks' head coach until 1946.
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Herb Kopf was not retained by new head coach, Mike Holovak, in 1951.
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Herb Kopf's final coaching job was as an assistant to Benny Friedman at Brandeis University.
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Herb Kopf later retired to St Petersburg, Florida, where he died on March 22,1996.
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Herb Kopf had a TV show on Saturday mornings explaining the football game that was going to be shown on TV that day.
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Herb Kopf was the brother of Larry Herb Kopf, an infielder in the Major Leagues from 1913 to 1923, and was the Cincinnati Reds on-field messenger during his brother's time there.
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Herb Kopf was with the Reds during the 1919 World Series, made famous by the Black Sox Scandal.