Arthur Charles Hoffman (1884 – January 31, 1920) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach. He served as the head football coach at
Tulane University
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
for one season in 1913, compiling a record of 3–5.
Hoffman was a 1910 graduate of the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
where he starred on five conference championship teams in basketball and football. He was a member of
1907–08 basketball team that won the
Helms Foundation
The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, was a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to the promotion of athletics and sportsmanship. Paul H. Helms was the organization's founder and benefactor, funding the foundation via his ownership ...
national championship.
Hoffman was the head football coach and athletic director at
Ripon College in
Ripon, Wisconsin
Ripon is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,733 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Ripon.
Ripon is home to the Little White Schoolhouse, the commonly recognized birthplace of ...
for one year.
Head coaching record
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1884 births
1920 deaths
American men's basketball players
Chicago Maroons football players
Chicago Maroons men's basketball players
Ripon Red Hawks athletic directors
Ripon Red Hawks football coaches
Tulane Green Wave football coaches
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