Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905,[1] Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[2] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.[3]
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 18, 1874 Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | August 10, 1955 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1900 | Beloit |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1902 | Doane |
| 1903–1904 | Bellevue (NE) |
| 1905 | Huron |
| 1907 | Dickinson |
| 1910 | South Dakota |
| 1911–1915 | Occidental |
| 1916–1917 | Oregon State Beavers football |
| 1921–1923 | Occidental |
| Basketball | |
| 1910–1911 | South Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–35–3 (football) 7–3 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 SCC (1915) | |
Born in Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University. He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Coaching career edit
Dickinson edit
Pipal was the seventh head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.[5] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.[6]
South Dakota edit
Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.[7] His record was 5–2.[8]
Oregon State University edit
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon State Beavers football, known then as Oregon Agriculutural College.[9] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7.[10] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.[10]
Head coaching record edit
Football edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doane Tigers (Independent) (1902) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Doane | 2–3 | |||||||
| Doane: | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Dickinson (Independent) (1907) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Dickinson | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| Dickinson: | 2–6–1 | ||||||||
| South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1910) | |||||||||
| 1910 | South Dakota | 5–2 | |||||||
| South Dakota: | 5–2 | ||||||||
| Occidental Tigers (Independent) (1911–1914) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Occidental | 2–1 | |||||||
| 1912 | Occidental | 4–1 | |||||||
| 1913 | Occidental | 5–1 | |||||||
| 1914 | Occidental | 4–3 | |||||||
| Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1915) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Occidental | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Oregon State Beavers football (Pacific Coast Conference) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Oregon Agricultural | 4–5 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1917 | Oregon State University football team | 4–2–1 | 1–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Oregon State University: | 8–7–1 | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1921–1923) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Occidental | 2–4–1 | 2–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1922 | Occidental | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1923 | Occidental | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| Occidental: | 33–17–1 | 13–5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 50–35–3 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Huron College Athletics". The Brookings Register. August 17, 1905. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ Sports Illustrated "A Roundup Of The Week's News" August 22, 1955
- ^ The Lateral Pass Technique and Strategy by Joseph A. Pipal, 1934
- ^ "Joseph Pipal Is Dead; Retired Track and Football Coach at Occidental Was 75" (PDF). The New York Times. August 12, 1955. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived February 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "University of South Dakota Coachin Records"
- ^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "1910 South Dakota Football Results
- ^ OAC Barometer "Gridiron History Makes Colorful Backgrounds", Hal Erne, March 3, 1933
- ^ a b "Oregon State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2008.