Howard Hobson
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 4, 1903 |
| Died | June 9, 1991 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Oregon |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1923–1926 | Oregon |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1934 | Southern Oregon |
| Basketball | |
| 1932–1935 | Southern Oregon |
| 1935–1944 | Oregon |
| 1945–1947 | Oregon |
| 1947–1956 | Yale |
| Baseball | |
| 1936–1947 | Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–7–1 (college football) 401–257 (college basketball) 167–75–1 (college baseball) |
| Tournaments | Basketball 3–2 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Basketball 1 NCAA (1939) 1 PCC (1939) 1 EIBL (1949) 2 PCC North Division (1938–1939) |
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1965 (profile) |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson (July 4, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head basketball coach at Southern Oregon Normal School—now Southern Oregon University—from 1932 to 1935, at the University of Oregon from 1935 to 1944 and again from 1945 to 1947, and at Yale University from 1947 to 1956, compiling a career college basketball record of 401–257. Hobson's 1938–39 Oregon basketball team won the inaugural NCAA Basketball Tournament. Hobson authored numerous books on the subject of basketball. He was also the head football coach at Southern Oregon for 1932 to 1934, tallying a mark of 12–7–1, and the head baseball coach at Oregon from 1936 to 1947, amassing a record of 167–75–1. Hobson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.
Hobson played basketball for four years at Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, from which he graduated in 1922. During his time there, he was team captain for two years, and led the state championship-winning team in 1921.
He was captain of the University of Oregon's basketball team from 1924 to 1926, and in 1925, his team tied Oregon State for the Pacific Coast Conference title. However, they lost in the playoffs. A year later, the team won the conference title, but lost to the California in the playoffs. This 1926 team was nevertheless undefeated in the conference, with a win record of 10–0. In the same year, he graduated from the University with a bachelor's degree. He went on to obtain a master's degree in 1929 and a doctorate in 1945, both from Columbia University.
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