Rip Engle

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**Rip Engle**
School as a player
Date of birth	March 26, 1906
Place of birth	Elk Lick, Pennsylvania
Date of death	March 7, 1983
Sport	Football
Overall Record	132-68-8
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
1929	Western Maryland
Coaching positions
1944 - 1949 1950 - 1965	Brown University Penn State University
College Football Hall of Fame, 1973 (Bio)

Charles A. "Rip" Engle (March 26, 1906 – March 7, 1983) was a head football coach at Brown University and Penn State. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973. Engle was born in Elk Lick, Pennsylvania

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Engle's coaching record from 1944 to 1965, including stints at Brown University and Penn State, was 132-68-8. He played football at Western Maryland College, reportedly in the first game he ever saw.

Under the leadership of Rip Engle at Brown, Joe Paterno developed as a capable quarterback and a skillful leader. After graduating in 1950, Paterno joined Engle at Penn State as an assistant coach. Upon Engle's retirement in 1965, Paterno was named coach of the Nittany Lions for the 1966 season. Engle's best season at Penn State was in 1962 when the Lions went 9-2, were ranked 9th in the country, and played in the Gator Bowl. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.

Engle developed a game called Angleball, devised as a way for his football players to maintain fitness in the off-season.

Quote from Rip Engle - "A team that defeats a far inferior team has accomplished nothing".^{[citation needed]}

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College Football Hall of Fame bio

Preceded by J.N. Stanley	Brown University Head Football Coach 1944-1949	Succeeded by G.G. Zitrides
Preceded by Joe Bedenk	Penn State Nittany Lions Head Football Coach 1950-1965	Succeeded by Joe Paterno
Preceded by Abe Martin	Amos Alonzo Stagg Award 1969	Succeeded by Lynn "Pappy" Waldorf