Henry B. Hucles

Henry B. Hucles
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1897-11-11)November 11, 1897
Petersburg, Virginia
Died September 11, 1979(1979-09-11) (aged 81)
Brooklyn, New York
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1920 Virginia Union
1924–1925 Prairie View A&M
1926–1942 Virginia Union
Basketball
1938–1940 Virginia Union
1941–1943 Virginia Union
Baseball
? Virginia Union
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1926–1950 Virginia Union
Head coaching record
Overall 101–53–19 (football)
75–12 (basketball)

Statistics

Henry Boyd Hucles, Jr. was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Union University from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1926 to 1942 and at Prairie View A&M University from 1925 to 1926, compiling a career college football record of 101–53–19. Hucles was also the athletic director at Virginia Union from 1926 to 1950.[1] His son, Henry B. Hucles III, became a suffragan bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.[2]

He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Coaching career

Hucles was the first head football coach for the Prairie View A&M University Panthers located in Prairie View, Texas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1924 until 1925. His career coaching record at Prairie View was 11 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him seventh at Prairie View in total wins and fourth at Prairie View in winning percentage (.719).[3][4]

He died in Brooklyn, New York in 1979.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Records of the Athletic Department". Virginia Union University. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ Genealogy site
  3. ↑ Prairie View A&M University coaching records
  4. ↑ "Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University Directory". The Sports Network.
  5. ↑ http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=100
  6. ↑ http://vuusports.com/news/2010/12/14/FB_1214102819.aspx

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