Homer Hobbs
American football player and coach (1923–1997)
American football player
 Homer Hobbs in 1949 | |||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||
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| Born: | (1923-02-13)February 13, 1923 Lexington, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Died: | January 5, 1997(1997-01-05) (aged 73) Austell, Georgia, U.S. | ||||
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| College: | Georgia | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1949 / Round: 11 / Pick: 108 (By the Washington Redskins) | ||||
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Homer Brown Hobbs (February 13, 1923 – January 5, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL).
Biography
Homer Hobbs was born February 13, 1923 in Lexington, South Carolina.
Hobbs played college football as a lineman at the University of Georgia, lettering in 1946, 1947 and 1948, and was drafted in the 11th round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins with the 108th pick overall.
Hobbs played for the San Francisco 49ers in 1949 — the last year of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and 1950 — the first year of the team's membership in the National Football League (NFL).
In 1951, he joined Ralph Jordan's staff as a line coach at Auburn University. On January 28, 1952 Hobbs resigned from Auburn to accept an assistant coaching position at the United States Naval Academy, rejoining Eddie Erdelatz, who was his 49ers line coach. From 1955 to 1957 Hobbs was head football coach at Furman University. He was succeeded at Furman by Bob King for the 1958 season.
Hobbs died January 5, 1997, at Austell, Georgia.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (1955–1957) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Furman | 1–9 | 1–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1956 | Furman | 2–8 | 2–2 | T–4th | |||||
| 1957 | Furman | 3–7 | 2–1 | 4th | |||||
| Furman: | 6–24 | 4–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–24 | ||||||||
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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Furman Paladins athletic directors
- W. B. Bible (1914–1916)
- Billy Laval (1920–1928)
- T. B. Amis (1928–1931)
- Dizzy McLeod (1932–1945)
- Red Dobson (1946–1949)
- Red Smith (1949)
- Jim Meade (1949–1951)
- Bill Young (1952–1954)
- Homer Hobbs (1955–1956)
- Lyles Alley (1956–1975)
- John C. West (1975–1979)
- Dutch Baughman (1979–1983)
- Dick Sheridan (1983–1985)
- George Bennett (1986–1989)
- Ray Parlier (1989–1995)
- Bob Warming (1995–1996)
- John Block (1996–2001)
- Gary Clark (2001–2015)
- Mike Buddie (2015–2019)
- Jason Donnelly (2019– )
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