Jack Stoeber
John Berhard Stoeber (July 21, 1898 – November 19, 1971) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Thiel College from 1932 to 1954, compiling a record of 75–54–6.[1] The home field at Thiel is named in his honor.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 21, 1898 Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Died | November 19, 1971 (aged 73) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1924 | Springfield (MA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1931 | Thiel (line) |
| 1932–1954 | Thiel |
| Basketball | |
| 1932–1949 | Thiel |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1925–1957 | Thiel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 75–54–6 (football) |
A native of Reading, Pennsylvania, Stoeber starred in athletics at Reading High School and Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. At Thiel, he also coached baseball, tennis, track, swimming, wrestling, boxing, soccer, and cross country. He was a professor of German at the school from 1940 to 1945 and the dean of men from 1946 to 1962. Stoeber died on November 19, 1971, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiel Tomcats (Tri-State Conference) (1932–1933) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Thiel | 3–6 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1933 | Thiel | 3–4 | 2–3 | 4th | |||||
| Thiel Tomcats (Independent) (1934–1954) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Thiel | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | Thiel | 4–2 | |||||||
| 1936 | Thiel | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1937 | Thiel | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1938 | Thiel | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| 1939 | Thiel | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1930 | Thiel | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1941 | Thiel | 7–0 | |||||||
| 1942 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
| 1946 | Thiel | 7–0 | |||||||
| 1947 | Thiel | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1948 | Thiel | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1949 | Thiel | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1950 | Thiel | 7–0 | |||||||
| 1951 | Thiel | 3–2–1 | |||||||
| 1952 | Thiel | 1–5 | |||||||
| 1953 | Thiel | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1954 | Thiel | 5–2 | |||||||
| Thiel: | 75–54–6 | 3–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 75–54–6 | ||||||||
References
- Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- "Thiel College Tomcats". thielathletics.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "Long-Time Thiel Coach Stoeber Dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1971. p. 10. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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