Arthur Ralph Thomas "Doc" Hillebrand (March 9, 1876 – December 14, 1941) 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 ...

and

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player and coach. He played

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as a tackle for

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

. Hillebrand served as head football coach at the

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from 1901 to 1902 and at his alma mater, Princeton, from 1903 to 1905, compiling a career

coaching record of 35–15–2. Hillebrand was also the head baseball coach at Navy and Princeton during the same years, tallying a career

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coaching mark of 65–31. He was inducted into the

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as player in 1970.

Coaching career

Hillebrand was the ninth head football at the

located in

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and he held that position for two seasons, from 1901 until 1902. His coaching record at Navy was 8–11–2.

Head coaching record

Football

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