Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
track and field
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coach. He served as the head football coach at
Doane College
Doane University is a private university in Crete, Nebraska. It has additional campuses in Lincoln and Omaha, as well as online programs.
History
Doane College was founded on July 11, 1872, by Thomas Doane, chief civil engineer for the Burling ...
(1902),
Dickinson College (1907), the
University of South Dakota
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(1910),
Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and
Oregon State University
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(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 and in 1934 wrote a book titled ''The lateral pass technique and strategy.''
Born in
Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended
Beloit College
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, the
University of Chicago
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, and
Yale University
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.
He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Coaching career
Dickinson
Pipal was the seventh head football coach at
Dickinson College in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season. His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.
South Dakota
Pipal coached for one year at the
University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota (USD) is a public research university in Vermillion, South Dakota. Established by the Dakota Territory legislature in 1862, 27 years before the establishment of the state of South Dakota, USD is the flagship uni ...
in
Vermillion, South Dakota
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for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school. His record was 5–2.
Oregon State University
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of
Oregon State Beavers football
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, known then as Oregon Agriculutural College.
OAC Barometer
"Gridiron History Makes Colorful Backgrounds", Hal Erne, March 3, 1933 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
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(on October 21 in Portland, Oregon
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) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California
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to play the USC Trojans
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. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7. Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.[
]
Head coaching record
Football
References
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1874 births
1955 deaths
People from Pelhřimov District
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States
American people of Czech descent
Czech players of American football
Beloit Buccaneers football players
Dickinson Red Devils football coaches
Dickinson Red Devils men's basketball coaches
Doane Tigers football coaches
Occidental Tigers football coaches
Oregon State Beavers football coaches
South Dakota Coyotes football coaches
South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball coaches
College men's track and field athletes in the United States
College track and field coaches in the United States
University of Chicago alumni
Yale University alumni
Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region