George A. Huff, Jr. (June 11, 1872 – October 1, 1936) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Huff served as the head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1895 to 1899, compiling a record of 21–16–3. He was also the head baseball coach at Illinois from 1896 to 1919, tallying a mark of 317–97–4, and the athletic director at Illinois from 1901 to 1935. Huff Hall at the University of Illinois in Champaign is named in his honor.
George Huff
Huff pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1899
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Huff was briefly a manager for the Boston Americans at the start of the 1907 Major League Baseball season following the sudden suicide of Chick Stahl. Cy Young started out as the player/manager, but after six games stepped down in favor of Huff. Huff managed only eight games, finishing with a career 2–6 managerial record, before resigning on May 1, 1907 to return to his old job. Bob Unglaub replaced him. The Americans had a total of four managers in the 1907 season. The team was renamed as the Boston Red Sox the following season.
george, huff, coach, george, huff, june, 1872, october, 1936, american, football, baseball, player, coach, college, athletics, administrator, huff, served, head, football, coach, university, illinois, urbana, champaign, from, 1895, 1899, compiling, record, als. George A Huff Jr June 11 1872 October 1 1936 was an American football and baseball player coach and college athletics administrator Huff served as the head football coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign from 1895 to 1899 compiling a record of 21 16 3 He was also the head baseball coach at Illinois from 1896 to 1919 tallying a mark of 317 97 4 and the athletic director at Illinois from 1901 to 1935 Huff Hall at the University of Illinois in Champaign is named in his honor George HuffHuff pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide 1899Biographical detailsBorn 1872 06 11 June 11 1872Champaign Illinois U S DiedOctober 1 1936 1936 10 01 aged 64 Champaign Illinois U S Playing careerFootball1890 1892Illinois1893 1894DartmouthBaseball1889 1891 1893Illinois1894DartmouthPosition s Guard football Coaching career HC unless noted Football1895 1899IllinoisBaseball1896 1919Illinois1907Boston AmericansAdministrative career AD unless noted 1901 1936IllinoisHead coaching recordOverall21 16 3 football 317 97 4 college baseball 2 6 MLB Accomplishments and honorsChampionshipsBaseball11 Big Ten 1900 1903 1904 1906 1908 1910 1911 1914 1916 Huff was briefly a manager for the Boston Americans at the start of the 1907 Major League Baseball season following the sudden suicide of Chick Stahl Cy Young started out as the player manager but after six games stepped down in favor of Huff Huff managed only eight games finishing with a career 2 6 managerial record before resigning on May 1 1907 to return to his old job Bob Unglaub replaced him The Americans had a total of four managers in the 1907 season The team was renamed as the Boston Red Sox the following season Contents 1 Head coaching record 1 1 Football 2 Managerial record 3 References 4 External linksHead coaching record editFootball edit Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl playoffs Illinois Fighting Illini Illinois Intercollegiate Football League 1895 1895 Illinois 4 2 1 Illinois Fighting Illini Western Conference 1896 1899 1896 Illinois 4 2 1 0 2 1 T 6th 1897 Illinois 6 2 1 1 4th 1898 Illinois 4 5 1 1 4th 1899 Illinois 3 5 1 0 3 T 6th Illinois 21 16 3 Total 21 16 3Managerial record editTeam Year Regular season Postseason Games Won Lost Win Finish Won Lost Win Result BOA 1907 8 2 6 250 resigned Total 8 2 6 250 0 0 References editExternal links editGeorge Huff managerial career statistics at Baseball Reference com nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to a baseball manager or coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Huff coach amp oldid 1222191519, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
