Harry Kipke
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 26, 1899 Lansing, Michigan |
| Died | September 14, 1972 (aged 73) Port Huron, Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1923 | Michigan |
| Position(s) | Halfback, punter (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1927 | Missouri (assistant) |
| 1928 | Michigan State |
| 1929–1937 | Michigan |
| Baseball | |
| 1925 | Missouri |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 49–30–5 (football) 9–8 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 National (1932–1933) 4 Big Ten (1930–1933) |
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| Awards | |
| Basketball All-American, 1924 Football Walter Camp Man of the Year (1970) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1958 (profile) |
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Harry George Kipke (March 26, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State College in 1928 and at the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1937, compiling a career record of 49–30–5. During his nine-year tenure as head coach at Michigan, Kipke's teams compiled a 46–26–4 record, won four conference titles, and captured two national championships in 1932 and 1933. He is one of only three coaches, along with Fielding H. Yost and Bo Schembechler, in Michigan football history to direct teams to four consecutive conference championships. Kipke was also the head baseball coach at the University of Missouri for one season 1925 while he was an assistant football coach at the school. He was inducted into of the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1958.
Kipke was born in Lansing, Michigan, in March 1899. His father, Charles W. Kipke, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1872. His mother, Minnie Kipke, emigrated from Germany in 1888. Kipke had two older sisters (Lena and Marie), an older brother (William), and three younger brothers (Herbert, Walter, and Ray). At the time of the 1910 United States Census, the family was living in Lansing, and the father was working as an assembler in a motor works. Kipke attended Lansing High School. By 1920, Kipke's father had died, and he was living with his mother and siblings in Lansing.
Kipke attended the University of Michigan. He is one of the few individuals in Michigan Wolverines history to have been a letterman nine times, doing so in football, basketball, and baseball. Kipke played halfback and punter for the football team under head coach Fielding H. Yost. He was named an All-American in 1922 and is regarded as one of the school's all-time greats as a punter. His ability to punt out of bounds near the opposition's goal line helped Michigan to a 19–1–2 record from 1921 through 1923. Kipke was also the captain of the 1923 Michigan team that went 8–0 and won a national title. Kipke wore number 6 and weighed 158 pounds.
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