Ivan H. Grove (August 18, 1894 – January 2, 1984) was an American football, basketball and track coach and college athlete.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | August 18, 1894
Died | January 2, 1984 Conway, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 89)
Playing career | |
1914–1916, 1919 | Kendall |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920–1921 | Oklahoma Baptist |
1922–1923 | Arkansas (assistant) |
1924–1955 | Hendrix |
Basketball | |
1920–1922 | Oklahoma Baptist |
1924–1946 | Hendrix |
Track | |
1924–1958 | Hendrix |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1924–1959 | Hendrix |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 111–126–16 (football) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Hendrix Hall of Fame (1994) Tulsa Hall of Fame (1982) | |
College athlete edit
As a college athlete at the University of Tulsa (then known as the Kendall Institute), he led the nation with 196 points in 1919 Kendall Orange and Black football team as a quarterback under head coach Francis Schmidt.[1]
College coach edit
Grove spent two years as the head football coach at Oklahoma Baptist University from 1920 to 1921. In 1922, he was hired by Francis Schmidt as the first full-time paid assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, where he coached for two years.[2]
Grove was then hired as the head coach and athletic director at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, where coached until he retired in 1959.[3]
Death edit
In retirement, Grove lived a block from the Hendrix campus. He died on January 2, 1984.[4]
Head coaching record edit
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Independent) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
1920 | Oklahoma Baptist | 5–5 | |||||||
1921 | Oklahoma Baptist | 3–5–1 | |||||||
Oklahoma Baptist: | 8–10–1 | ||||||||
Hendrix Bulldogs (Independent) (1924–1927) | |||||||||
1924 | Hendrix | 5–3–1 | |||||||
1925 | Hendrix | 6–2–1 | |||||||
1926 | Hendrix | 7–1–1 | |||||||
1927 | Hendrix | 5–3–1 | |||||||
Hendrix Warriors (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1955) | |||||||||
1928 | Hendrix | 2–5–1 | |||||||
1929 | Hendrix | 6–2–1 | |||||||
1930 | Hendrix | 6–3 | |||||||
1931 | Hendrix | 4–5 | |||||||
1932 | Hendrix | 6–2–2 | |||||||
1933 | Hendrix | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1934 | Hendrix | 3–5–2 | |||||||
1935 | Hendrix | 6–3 | |||||||
1936 | Hendrix | 6–3–1 | |||||||
1937 | Hendrix | 6–2 | |||||||
1938 | Hendrix | 5–4 | |||||||
1939 | Hendrix | 4–4–1 | |||||||
1940 | Hendrix | 3–6 | |||||||
1941 | No team | ||||||||
1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1946 | Hendrix | 1–8 | 1–5 | 7th | |||||
1947 | Hendrix | 4–5–1 | |||||||
1948 | Hendrix | 2–7 | |||||||
1949 | Hendrix | 3–5–1 | |||||||
1950 | Hendrix | 4–4 | |||||||
1951 | Hendrix | 3–4 | |||||||
1952 | Hendrix | 1–5 | |||||||
1953 | Hendrix | 1–6 | |||||||
1954 | Hendrix | 0–7 | |||||||
1955 | Hendrix | 0–8 | |||||||
Hendrix: | 103–116–15 | ||||||||
Total: | 111–126–16 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Ivan Grove". tulsahurricane.com. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ The Razorbacks. University of Arkansas Press. 1996. ISBN 9781610753364. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ "Ivan H. Grove". hendrix.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ "Hall of famer dead". The Baxter Bulletin. Mountain Home, Arkansas. Associated Press. January 4, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .