Sam Honaker
Samuel William Honaker (March 14, 1887 – March 21, 1966) was an American football player and coach and consul general.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 14, 1887 Tampa, Florida |
| Died | March 21, 1966 (aged 79) Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1906–1909 | Virginia |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1911 | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–6–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1907) | |
Early years
Honaker was born in Tampa, Florida in 1887 but grew up in Plano, Texas. He spent two years at Bingham Preparatory School in Asheville, North Carolina and five at the University of Virginia.[1]
University of Virginia
He graduated from UVA in 1913.[2][3]
Football
Honaker was a quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, remembered as one of its "great" ones;[4] "a diminutive quarterback who thrilled the crowds with his brilliant broken-field running."[5]
1907
"A well known New York authority on sports" selected Honaker for his All-Southern team in 1907.[6] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention on his All-America teams.[7]
1908
The Cavaliers won a Southern title in 1908.
1909
Virginia won a share of another title in 1909. Honaker was captain of the '09 team. Kemper Yancey was a teammate.
Coaching career
He was the head college football coach for the University of Richmond Spiders located in Richmond, Virginia for the 1911 season. His career coaching record at Richmond was 0 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties.[8]
Consul general
Honaker later joined the United States Foreign Service, serving as consul general in Istanbul, Turkey at one point.[9] He was also the consul general in Stuttgart, Germany in 1935.[10]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Spiders (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Richmond | 0–6–2 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| Richmond: | 0–6–2 | 0–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–6–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Register of the Department of State. October 21, 1915. p. 89.
- ^ Register of the Department of State. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1922. p. 134.
- ^ Bailey, John Wendell (1949). Football at the University of Richmond, 1878-1948. p. 89.
- ^ Alumni Association of the University of Virginia (1946). "Class of 1913". Virginia. 35: 23.
- ^ University of Virginia (1930). Corks and Curls. p. 309.
- ^ "All-Southern Eleven". Charlotte Observer. December 16, 1907
- ^ "Camp Selects Team". The Washington Herald. December 27, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richmond Coaching Records July 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alumni Association of the University of Virginia (1966). "Deaths". Virginia. 55: 52.
- ^ Ascher, Abraham (2012). Was Hitler a Riddle?: Western Democracies and National Socialism. Stanford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780804784597.