Joseph Pipal
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track and field |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
ZachotΓn, Austria-Hungary | January 18, 1874
Died |
August 10, 1955 81) Los Angeles, California | (aged
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1900 | Beloit |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1902 | Doane |
1907 | Dickinson |
1910 | South Dakota |
1911β1915 | Occidental |
1916β1917 | Oregon Agricultural |
1921β1923 | Occidental |
Basketball | |
1910β1911 | South Dakota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
50β35β3 (football) 7β3 (basketball) |
Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 β August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911β1915, 1921β1923), and Oregon Agricultural Collegeβnow known as Oregon State Universityβ(1916β1917), compiling a career college football record of 50β35β3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[1] and in 1934 wrote a book titled The lateral pass technique and strategy.[2]
Born in ZachotΓn, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University. He died on August 10, 1955 of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.[3]
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.[4] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2β6β1.[5]
South Dakota
Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.[6] His record was 5β2.[7]
Oregon Agricultural
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon Agricultural College, now called Oregon State University.[8] In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4β5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17β7, but defeated the Trojans, 16β7.[9] Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4β2β1, outscoring their opponents 83β33.[9]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Doane Tigers (Independent) (1902) | |||||||||
1902 | Doane | 2β3 | |||||||
Doane: | 2β3 | ||||||||
Dickinson Red Devils () (1907) | |||||||||
1907 | Dickinson | 2β6β1 | |||||||
Dickinson: | 2β6β1 | ||||||||
South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1910) | |||||||||
1910 | South Dakota | 5β2 | |||||||
South Dakota: | 5β2 | ||||||||
Occidental Tigers () (1911β1915) | |||||||||
1911 | Occidental | 2β1 | |||||||
1912 | Occidental | 4β1 | |||||||
1913 | Occidental | 5β1 | |||||||
1914 | Occidental | 4β3 | |||||||
1915 | Occidental | 7β1 | |||||||
Oregon Agricultural Aggies (Pacific Coast Conference) (1916β1917) | |||||||||
1916 | Oregon Agricultural | 4β5 | 0β2 | 3rd | |||||
1917 | Oregon Agricultural | 4β2β1 | 1β2β1 | 3rd | |||||
Oregon Agricultural: | 8β7β1 | 1β4β1 | |||||||
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921β1923) | |||||||||
1921 | Occidental | 2β4β1 | 2β2β1 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1922 | Occidental | 5β3 | 4β1 | 2nd | |||||
1923 | Occidental | 4β3 | 3β2 | 3rd | |||||
Occidental: | 33β17β1 | ||||||||
Total: | 50β35β3 |
References
- β Sports Illustrated "A Roundup Of The Week's News" August 22, 1955
- β The Lateral Pass Technique and Strategy by Joseph A. Pipal, 1934
- β "Joseph Pipal Is Dead; Retired Track and Football Coach at Occidental Was 75". The New York Times. August 12, 1955. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- β Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- β "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2007.
- β College Football Data Warehouse "University of South Dakota Coachin Records"
- β College Football Data Warehouse "1910 South Dakota Football Results
- β OAC Barometer "Gridiron History Makes Colorful Backgrounds", Hal Erne, March 3, 1933
- 1 2 "Oregon State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2008.