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Howard Hobson was born on 4 July, 1903 in Portland, Oregon, U.S., is an American basketball coach (1903–1991). Discover Howard Hobson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 4 July, 1903
Birthday 4 July
Birthplace Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Date of death 9 June, 1991
Died Place Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1903

Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson (July 4, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.

1921

During his time there, he was team captain for two years, and led the state championship-winning team in 1921.

1922

Hobson played basketball for four years at Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, from which he graduated in 1922.

1924

He 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.

However, they lost in the playoffs.

A year later, the team won the conference title, but lost to the California in the playoffs.

1926

This 1926 team was nevertheless undefeated in the conference, with a win record of 10–0.

In the same year, he graduated from the University with a bachelor's degree.

1928

Hobson began his coaching career at Kelso High School in Kelso, Washington in 1928, where his team won the league championship.

1929

He went on to obtain a master's degree in 1929 and a doctorate in 1945, both from Columbia University.

In 1929, he was the head football coach at the Cortland Normal School, now known as State University of New York College at Cortland.

1930

From 1930 to 1932, he coached Benson High School in Portland.

They won the championship in his final year there.

1932

He served as the head basketball coach at Southern Oregon Normal School—now Southern Oregon University—from 1932 to 1935, at the University of Oregon from 1935 to 1944 and again from 1945 to 1947, and at Yale University from 1947 to 1956, compiling a career college basketball record of 401–257.

He was also the head football coach at Southern Oregon for 1932 to 1934, tallying a mark of 12–7–1, and the head baseball coach at Oregon from 1936 to 1947, amassing a record of 167–75–1.

1933

Hobson subsequently led Southern Oregon Normal School to three consecutive league championship victories from 1933 to 1935.

1936

In 1936, 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.

Hobson coached Oregon's basketball and baseball teams from 1936 to 1947, when he left to coach basketball at Yale University.

1938

Hobson's 1938–39 Oregon basketball team won the inaugural NCAA basketball tournament.

Hobson authored numerous books on the subject of basketball.

1939

His 1939 team was known as the "Tall Firs" because of their size: the players averaged about six feet in height, which was considered very tall for a basketball player at the time.

1947

In 1947, Hobson was named President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

For 12 years, he was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee.

He served four years as a member and treasurer of the National Basketball Rules Committee and conducted basketball clinics in the U.S. and in 15 foreign countries.

1948

He repeated this type of intersectional play at Yale, and the 1948–49 team was the first Yale team to appear on the Pacific Coast.

His overall record for 27 years as a coach was 495–291.

1949

The 1949 team was the first NCAA Tournament entry in the school's history and won the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League title for the first time in 16 years.

Hobson was the first coach to win championships at a major college level on both coasts.

He also pioneered intersectional play at Oregon, making the Ducks the first Western team to travel East for games.

1956

He coached at Yale until 1956, during which time his teams won or shared five Big Three crowns (in 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, and 1956).

1965

Hobson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.

On October 13, 1965, Howard Hobson was enshrined as a coach in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, having also been inducted into the Portland High School, Helms Foundation, Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, and Portland Metro Hall of Fame.

1988

In 1988, he attended the 50th anniversary celebration of the founding of the NCAA Tournament.

1991

Hobson died on June 9, 1991.