1. Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
15 Facts About Howard Hobson
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Howard Hobson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.
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Howard Hobson played basketball for four years at Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, from which he graduated in 1922.
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Howard Hobson was captain of the University of Oregon's basketball team from 1924 to 1926, and in 1925, his team tied Oregon State for the Pacific Coast Conference title.
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Howard Hobson went on to obtain a master's degree in 1929 and a doctorate in 1945, both from Columbia University.
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Howard Hobson began his coaching career at Kelso High School in Kelso, Washington in 1928, where his team won the league championship.
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Howard Hobson subsequently led Southern Oregon Normal School to three consecutive league championship victories from 1933 to 1935.
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In 1936, Howard Hobson took over as head basketball coach of the University of Oregon Ducks, leading them to three consecutive Pacific Coast Conference titles from 1937 to 1939, culminating in the first-ever NCAA basketball championship in 1939.
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Howard Hobson coached Oregon's basketball and baseball teams from 1936 to 1947, when he left to coach basketball at Yale University.
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Howard Hobson coached at Yale until 1956, during which time his teams won or shared five Big Three crowns.
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Howard Hobson was the first coach to win championships at a major college level on both coasts.
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Howard Hobson pioneered intersectional play at Oregon, making the Ducks the first Western team to travel East for games.
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In 1947, Howard Hobson was named President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Howard Hobson served four years as a member and treasurer of the National Basketball Rules Committee and conducted basketball clinics in the US and in 15 foreign countries.
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On October 13,1965, Howard Hobson was enshrined as a coach in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, having been inducted into the Portland High School, Helms Foundation, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and Portland Metro Hall of Fame.