Luke Urban

Luke Urban
Biographical details
Urban pictured in Sub Turri 1921, Boston College yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey
Born	(1898-03-22)March 22, 1898 Fall River, Massachusetts
Died	December 7, 1980(1980-12-07) (aged 82) Somerset, Massachusetts
Playing career
Football
1916–1917	Boston College
1919–1920	Boston College
1921–1923	Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons
Basketball
c. 1920	Boston College
Baseball
c. 1920	Boston College
1922–1923	Buffalo Bisons
1924–1925	Columbus Senators
1926–1927	Toledo Mud Hens
1927–1928	Boston Braves
1928–1929	Buffalo Bisons
1931	Springfield Ponies
Ice hockey
c. 1920	Boston College
Position(s)	End (football) Catcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1930	Canisius
Basketball
1918–1921	Boston College
1921–1924	Canisius
1925–1931	Canisius
1940–1960	Durfee HS (MA)
Baseball
1948–1950	Fall River Indians
Head coaching record
Overall	46–27–7 (college football) 84–57 (college basketball) 247–91 (high school basketball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball 4 Eastern Massachusetts Basketball (1947, 1948, 1952, 1956) 2 New England Basketball (1948, 1956)
Awards
Football All-American, 1920 All-APFA (1920) 2x All-NFL (1922–1923)

Luke Urban

Catcher

Born: March 22, 1898
Fall River, Massachusetts

Died: December 7, 1980 (aged 82)
Somerset, Massachusetts

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

July 19, 1927, for the Boston Braves

Last MLB appearance

June 21, 1928, for the Boston Braves

MLB statistics

Batting average

.273

Hits

RBIs

Teams

Boston Braves (1927–1928)

Louis John "Luke" Urban (March 22, 1898 – December 7, 1980) was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. He played four seasons of professional American football in the National Football League and two years of Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves. Urban was also a college football coach, a college and high school basketball coach, and a minor league baseball manager.

Playing career

College

Urban played football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles. He was a captain for the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was a member of the 1920 College Football All-America Team.^[1]

Football

Urban played end for the Buffalo All-Americans from 1921 to 1924. He was named to the Buffalo Evening News All-APFA Team in 1921, George Halas' All-NFL Team in 1922, and the Collyers Eye Magazine and Canton Daily News All-NFL Team in 1923.^[2]

Baseball

Urban signed with the New York Yankees and played for their minor league teams in Buffalo and Columbus. He made the Major Leagues in 1927 with the Boston Braves. He appeared in 35 games for the Braves that season.^[3] Urban refused to report to spring training in 1928 as part of a contract holdout. He eventually reported to camp late.^[4] On June 22, 1928, he was traded with Jimmy Cooney and Johnny Werts for Bonnie Hollingsworth.^[3] He played for Buffalo from 1928 to 1930 and the Springfield Ponies in 1931, and the Hartford Senators from 1931 to 1932.

Basketball

Urban played basketball for Worcester Five of the Inter-State Basketball League in 1921.^[5]

Coaching career

Urban served as Boston College's head basketball coach during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

Following his graduation, Urban was offered the position of head football coach at Creighton University, but turned down the offer in order to play professional football.^[6] From 1921 to 1930, he was the head basketball and football coach at Canisius College. His football teams had a record of 46–27–7 record, with of his eight clubs having a record of .500 or better. He was the school's winningest football coach until he was passed by Tom Hersey in 1990.

Urban was the head basketball coach at Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts from 1940 to 1960. He had a 247–91 record with the Hilltoppers and won two New England championships.^[7]

Urban was the manager of the Fall River Indians of the New England League from 1948 to 1950.

Honors

Urban was inducted into the MBCA Hall of Fame in 1965, the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Canisius College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1976.^[1]^[8] Durfee High's gymnasium was named the Luke Urban Field House in honor of Urban.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall
Canisius Golden Griffins (Independent) (1921–1925)
1921	Canisius	4–3–2
1923	Canisius	5–2–1
1923	Canisius	8–1
1924	Canisius	4–3
1925	Canisius	4–4
Canisius Golden Griffins (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1926–1930)
1926	Canisius	2–5–1
1927	Canisius	7–1
1928	Canisius	5–1–1
1929	Canisius	3–4–1
1930	Canisius	4–3–1
Canisius:		46–27–7
Total:		46–27–7

College basketball

Season	Team	Overall
Boston College Eagles () (1918–1921)
1918–19	Boston College	4–1
1919–20	Boston College	5–3
1920–21	Boston College	7–6
Boston College:		16–10
Canisius Golden Griffins () (1921–1924)
1921–22	Canisius	6–4
1922–23	Canisius	10–4
1923–24	Canisius	8–1
Canisius Golden Griffins () (1925–1931)
1925–26	Canisius	5–8
1926–27	Canisius	9–5
1927–28	Canisius	8–5
1928–29	Canisius	7–5
1929–30	Canisius	5–12
1930–31	Canisius	10–5
Canisius:		68–47
Total:		84–57

References

1 2 "Louis Urban". Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Louis Urban". Retrieved 2009-12-11.
1 2 "Luke Urban Player Page". Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Practice Games To Keep Yankees". The Evening Independent. March 5, 1928. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Well-Known Stars Of Court Here Saturday". The Hartford Courant. November 29, 1921. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Urban Asked to Coach.". The New York Times. December 7, 1920. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ Doug Chapman (April 10, 1988). "The doors to the Hall of Fame to be opened early for Karam". Providence Journal. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Canisius College Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2009-12-11.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Luke Urban at Pro-Football-Reference.com
Luke Urban at the College Football Data Warehouse

Luke Urban at Find a Grave

Boston College Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Higgins (1904–1905)
James Crowley (1905–1907)
No team (1907–1910)
No coach (1910–1911)
No team (1911–1916)
Paul McNally (1916–1917)
No team (1917–1918)
Luke Urban (1918–1921)
William Coady (1921–1925)
No team (1925–1945)
Al McClellan (1945–1953)
Dino Martin (1953–1962)
Frank Power # (1962–1963)
Bob Cousy (1963–1969)
Chuck Daly (1969–1971)
Bob Zuffelato (1971–1977)
Tom Davis (1977–1982)
Gary Williams (1982–1986)
Jim O'Brien (1986–1997)
Al Skinner (1997–2010)
Steve Donahue (2010–2014)
Jim Christian (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Canisius Golden Griffins head football coaches

No coach (1918)
Herman Bleich (1919–1920)
Luke Urban (1921–1930)
Eugene Oberst (1931–1932)
Mike Traynor (1932)
William Joy (1933–1938)
James B. Wilson (1939–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Earl Brown (1946–1947)
James B. Wilson (1948–1949)
No team (1950–1966)
Unknown (1967–1974)
Bill Brooks (1975–1981)
Tom Hersey (1982–1991)
Barry Mynter (1992–1994)
Chuck Williams (1995–1999)
Ed Argast (2000–2002)

Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball head coaches

J. P. Quinlisk (1903–1905)
John Schmitt (1905–1906)
J. P. Quinlisk (1906–1907)
John Mahoney (1907–1909)
Charles McCabe (1909–1911)
No record (1911–1912)
Charles McCabe (1912–1913)
No record (1913–1914)
Charles McCabe (1914–1915)
No record (1915–1916)
Raymond McDonald (1916–1918)
No record (1918–1919)
Edward Miller (1919–1920)
Mike Sweeney (1920–1921)
Luke Urban (1921–1924)
Russell Burt (1924–1925)
Luke Urban (1925–1931)
Russell Burt (1931–1933)
Allie Seelbach (1933–1944)
Art Powell (1944–1946)
Earl Brown (1946–1948)
Joseph Niland (1948–1953)
Joseph Curran (1953–1959)
Bob MacKinnon (1959–1972)
John Morrison (1972–1974)
Johnny McCarthy (1974–1977)
Nick Macarchuk (1977–1987)
Marty Marbach (1987–1992)
John Beilein (1992–1997)
Mike MacDonald (1997–2006)
Tom Parrotta (2006–2012)
Jim Baron (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

1920 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Backfield	QB Donold Lourie HB Gaylord Stinchcomb HB Charley Way FB George Gipp

Line	E Chuck Carney E Bill Fincher E Luke Urban T Stan Keck T Ralph Scott G Tim Callahan G Iolas Huffman G Tom Woods C Herb Stein

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