Adolph Putnam "Ziggy" Hamblin (1896 – August 17, 1966) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1896 Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, 1966 South Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Knox College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1944 | West Virginia State |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 black college national (1936) | |
A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Hamblin attended Knox College in that city. He received 16 varsity letters at Knox, competing in football, basketball, baseball, and track.[1]
He served as the head football coach at West Virginia State College from 1921 to 1944.[2] He led the 1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team to the black college football national championship. He also coached the basketball and baseball teams and was a professor of biology for 45 years.[1][3]
In 1987, Hamblin was posthumously inducted into the Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame. In addition, the science building at West Virginia State was named for him.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Adolph "Ziggy" Hamblin". Knox College. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Cardwell New Football Coach at West Virginia State". The Pittsburgh Courier. July 28, 1945. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hamblin, 70, Dies". The Pittsburgh Courier. August 27, 1966. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.