Jump to content

Sam H. Hill

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 14:25, 20 September 2020 (Alter: url. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | All pages linked from cached copy of User:AManWithNoPlan/sandbox2 | via #UCB_webform_linked). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sam H. Hill
Biographical details
Born(1898-11-20)November 20, 1898
Ludlow, Illinois
DiedMarch 14, 1978(1978-03-14) (aged 79)
Clearwater, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Illinois[1]
Playing career
Football
1922Illinois
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1924Fairmount
1925–1926Wesleyan
1927Rollins
1928–1929Wichita
Basketball
1923–1925Fairmount
Head coaching record
Overall20–29–5 (football)

Samuel Houston Hill (November 20, 1898 – March 14, 1978) was an American football and basketball coach.[2]

Coaching career

Wichita State

Hill was the 14th head football coach for Fairmont College and the University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1923 to 1924 and again from 1928 to 1929, compiling a record of 14–4–5. This ranks him ninth at Wichita State in terms of total wins and 14th at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage. Fairmount College became the Municipal University of Wichita in 1926. [3]

Wesleyan

Hill also served as the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a record of 5–10.[4]

Later life and death

Hill was later director of labor relations for the truck division of General Motors. He moved from Royal Oak, Michigan to retire in Clearwater, Florida, where he lived for 12 years before dying on March 14, 1978.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924)
1923 Fairmount 2–4–2 2–2–2 T–8th
1924 Fairmount 6–2–1 5–2–1 4th
Wesleyan Methodists (Independent) (1925–1926)
1925 Wesleyan 2–5
1926 Wesleyan 3–5
Wesleyan: 5–10
Rollins Tars (Independent) (1927)
1927 Rollins 1–5
Rollins: 1–5
Wichita Shockers (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1929)
1928 Wichita 3–5 2–4 5th
1929 Wichita 3–3–2 2–2–2 T–3rd
Fairmount/Wichita: 14–14–5 11–10–5
Total: 20–29–5

References

  1. ^ National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States; American Football Coaches Association (1925). Athletic Journal. Vol. 6. Athletic Journal Publishing Company. ISSN 0004-6655. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Arbogast, K.H. (1982). The house of Hill: the story of the Hills and other allied families--Covington, Hammond, Coleman, Florence, Galbreath, Gilliland, Kinnear, Sharp, Shawhan, Hamilton, Yoakum, McKinley, Litten, Whiteside, Gulick, Wilson, Schleich, Davis, Hott, Trump, Porter, Graham, Cardiff, Wittich, and others. Fish Graphics. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Wichita St. Coaching Records". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "All-Time Coaching Records". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on June 1, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  5. ^ "Hill, Samuel H." Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 18, 1978. p. 29. Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sam_H._Hill&oldid=979398304"