O. A. Hankner
Oscar August Hankner (June 18, 1908 – October 3, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois in 1938 and at East Carolina Teachers College—now known as East Carolina University–in 1939, compiling a career college football coaching record 1–14.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Eureka from 1937 to 1939, tallying a mark of 13–18.
 Hankner pictured in The Tecoan 1940, ECU yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 18, 1908 Tripoli, Iowa |
| Died | October 3, 1946 (aged 38) Champaign, Illinois |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1938 | Eureka |
| 1939 | East Carolina |
| Basketball | |
| 1937–1939 | Eureka |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–14 (football) 13–18 (basketball) |
Hanker was born in Tripoli, Iowa. He died on October 3, 1946, at Burnham Hospital in Champaign, Illinois, after suffering from an intestinal obstruction.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Red Devils (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Eureka | 1–6 | 0–2 | 7th | |||||
| Eureka: | 1–6 | 0–2 | |||||||
| East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1939) | |||||||||
| 1939 | East Carolina | 0–8 | |||||||
| East Carolina: | 0–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 1–14 | ||||||||
References
- DeLassus, David. "Eureka Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- "Rites for Former Tripoli Resident Today in Illinois". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. October 6, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved November 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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