Tony Hinkle
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 19, 1899 Logansport, Indiana |
| Died | September 22, 1992 (aged 92) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| ? | Chicago |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1921 | Chicago |
| Baseball | |
| 1918–1921 | Chicago |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926 | Butler |
| 1935–1941 | Butler |
| 1946–1969 | Butler |
| Basketball | |
| 1926–1942 | Butler |
| 1945–1970 | Butler |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1928 | Butler |
| 1933–1941 | Butler |
| 1946–1970 | Butler |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1926–1927 | Butler |
| 1931–1970 | Butler |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 183–104–16 (football) 560–392 (basketball) 335–309–3 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 8 IIC (1935–1940, 1946–1947) 9 Heartland Collegiate (1952–1953, 1958–1964) Basketball 2 MVC (1933–1934) 1 MAC (1947) 7 Indiana Collegiate (1952–1954, 1959, 1961–1962, 1970) |
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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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Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle (December 19, 1899 – September 22, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletic administrator. He attended the University of Chicago, where he won varsity letters in three sports. Hinkle captained the Chicago Maroons basketball team for two seasons was twice selected as an All-American, in 1919 and 1920. After graduating from the University of Chicago, Hinkle moved on to Butler University as a coach. There, over the course of nearly 50 years, he served as the head football coach (1926, 1935–1941, 1946–1969), head basketball coach (1926–1942, 1945–1970), and head baseball coach (1921–1928, 1933–1941, 1946–1970). Hinkle was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1965. Butler's home basketball arena was renamed as Hinkle Fieldhouse in the coach's honor in 1966.
Hinkle was born in Logansport, Indiana, to Edgar Clayton and Winnie (Ray) Hinkle. He graduated in 1917 from Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Chicago from 1917 to 1921. As a player at Chicago, he lettered three times in basketball, was twice All-Big Ten, twice team captain, named to the Helms All-America team in 1919 and 1920, was a member of the Big Ten Conference championship team in 1919–20, losing the national championship to Penn.
Hinkle joined Butler University in 1921 when they were still at the Irvington campus; the university bought Fairview Park in 1922 and moved the campus there in 1928. At Butler, Hinkle served as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator for nearly half a century. While he coached football, basketball, and baseball, he was primarily known as a basketball coach. His teams were fearless, gaining a reputation as "Big Ten killers". In 1929, the Butler Bulldogs basketball team he led to a 17–2 record was crowned national champion; in 1924, he had been assistant coach when they received similar honors. Overall, his basketball teams scored 560 victories versus 392 defeats, and he scored more than 1,000 victories in all sports.
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