Hank Crisp
Crisp while at Alabama.
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball, track |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1896 Crisp, North Carolina |
| Died | January 23, 1970 (aged 73) Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alma mater | VPI |
| Playing career | |
| 1915–1916 | Hampden–Sydney |
| 1917–1920 | VPI |
| Position(s) | Tackle, Running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1941 | Alabama (Line) |
| 1945 | Alabama (Line) |
| 1946 | Miami Seahawks (Assistant/HC) |
| 1947–1949 | Tulane (Line) |
| 1950–1957 | Alabama (Line) |
| Basketball | |
| 1924–1942 | Alabama |
| 1945–1946 | |
| Baseball | |
| 1928 | Alabama |
| Track | |
| 1921–1927 | Alabama |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1930–1940 1954–1957 |
Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | Basketball: 264–133 Baseball: 12–7–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football: 4 National (1925, 1926, 1930, 1934) Basketball: 1 SoCon (1930), 3 SEC (1934, 1939, 1940), 1 Premo-Porretta National |
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Henry Gorham "Hank" Crisp (December 10, 1896 – January 23, 1970) was an American football, basketball, baseball and track coach and college athletics administrator. In spite of an accident when he was 13 years old that resulted in the loss of his right hand, Crisp went on to letter in football, basketball and track at both Hampden–Sydney College and VPI.
After completing his collegiate career, Crisp began his long coaching career at the University of Alabama. There he served as the head basketball coach (1924–1942, 1945–1946), baseball coach (1928), track coach (1921–1927), as a line coach with the football team (1921–1941, 1945, 1950–1957) and as athletic director (1930–1940, 1954–1957). Crisp also served as an assistant and interim head coach with the Miami Seahawks (1946) and as a line coach at Tulane (1947–1949).
Henry "Hank" Gorham Crisp was born on December 10, 1896, at Crisp, North Carolina. At the age of five, Crisp moved with his family to Falkland, North Carolina where his father operated a retail store. At the age of 13, he lost his right hand as a result of an accident that occurred as he helped his father fill a silo. After he graduated from Blackstone Military Academy in 1914, Crisp enrolled at Hampden–Sydney College where he played under Charles A. Bernier on the Tigers' football team. After his first game against VMI, one of the Keydets' coaches, impressed by Crisp's performance, told coach Bernier, "Why don't you cut one hand off all your players?"
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