George Babcock (American football)

George Babcock

Babcock from The Cincinnatian, 1929
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1899-03-21)March 21, 1899 Illinois
Died	February 27, 1988(1988-02-27) (aged 88) Greenville, Michigan
Playing career
1923–1925	Michigan
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1926	Akron
1927–1930	Cincinnati
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1927–1932	Cincinnati
Head coaching record
Overall	17–23–5

Richard George "Dick" Babcock (March 21, 1899 – February 27, 1988) was an American football player, coach and athletic director. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1925 and served as the head football coach at the University of Akron in 1926 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1927 to 1930. He also served as the University of Cincinnati's athletic director from 1927 to 1932.

Babcock was born in Illinois, and grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1918, he was living in River Rouge, Michigan, and working as an electrician for the Great Lakes Engineering Works, a shipbuilding company. At the time of the 1920 United States Census, he was living in Detroit, Michigan, and working as a hotel clerk.

Babcock attended the University of Michigan where he played college football for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1923 to 1925. He was 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighed 180 pounds while playing for Michigan. At age 26, he was a starter at tackle for the 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team that outscored its opponents by a combined score of 227 to 3 on the season. While attending Michigan, Babcock studied education and was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and of the Sphinx and Michigamua.

In February 1926, the Municipal University of Akron, now known as the University of Akron, announced that it had chosen Babcock as its new football and track coach. Babcock let the Akron Zips football team to a 5–2–2 record during the 1926 season.