Babe Hollingbery

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Early years

Born in Hollister, California, Hollingbery was raised in San Francisco and never attended college. He coached local high school football, even leading three teams one fall, and later coached at the Olympic Club.[1][4][7] One of his players at Olympic was Buck Bailey, who became his line coach at Washington State in 1926 and headed the Cougar baseball program until 1961.[8]

Washington State

Hollingbery coached at Washington State during what is generally agreed as its greatest football era. The Cougars did not lose a home game from 1926 to 1935, and the 1930 team won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) title and advanced to the Rose Bowl against Alabama.[9] He coached some of the greatest names in Washington State history, including Turk Edwards, Mel Hein, Mel Dressel, Dale Gentry, Ed Goddard, Harold Ahlskog, Elmer Schwartz, Bob Kennedy, Nick Suseoff, Bill Sewell, John Bley, and Herbert "Butch" Meeker.

Before the 1943 season, the football program went on hiatus due to World War II;[10][11] Hollingbery trained U.S. Army troops on campus and coached eighth-grade football.[12][13] He was also an advisory coach for the 1943 Spokane Air Service Commandos football team.[14]

Hollingbery took a one-year leave of absence, beginning in mid-1944,[15][16] moved to Yakima,[17][18] and started a lucrative hop-growing business.[19] When the Cougar football program was restarted, Hollingberry was asked to take a pay cut and did not return to Pullman.[20][21][22][23]

Hollingbery Fieldhouse at Washington State University, a facility serving many different sports, was built in 1929 and renamed for the coach in 1963;[24] the dedication ceremony was at halftime of the Battle of the Palouse football game with Idaho on November 2.[25] Hired after three consecutive Cougar losses to Idaho, Hollingberry never lost to the Vandals, with 16 wins and a tie (Template:Winning percentage).

East-West Shrine Game

Hollingbery also was the creator of the East–West Shrine Game and the head coach of the West team in the first Shrine Game in 1925.[15][26][27] He coached in a total of 18 Shrine Games,[1] leading players such as Harold Muller, Rags Matthews, and George Sauer.

Northwest League

Involved in minor league baseball in Yakima,[28][29] Hollingbery was the president of the new Northwest League for the 1955 season.[30] Hired in June after the resignation of Arthur Pohlman,[31][32] Hollingbery stepped down that November.[33]

Death

In late December 1973, Hollingbery suffered a stroke, fell into a coma,[34] and died several weeks later at age 80.[2] His wife, Hazel, died eleven years later, days before her 91st birthday;[35] they are buried at Terrace Heights Memorial Park in Yakima.[1]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP#
Washington State Cougars (Pacific Coast Conference) (1926–1942)
1926 Washington State 6–1 4–1 T–3rd
1927 Washington State 3–3–2 1–3–1 7th
1928 Washington State 7–3 4–3 4th
1929 Washington State 10–2 4–2 5th
1930 Washington State 9–1 6–1 1st L Rose
1931 Washington State 6–4 4–3 4th
1932 Washington State 7–1–1 5–1–1 2nd
1933 Washington State 5–3–1 3–3–1 T–5th
1934 Washington State 4–3–1 4–0–1 2nd
1935 Washington State 5–3–1 3–2 T–4th
1936 Washington State 6–3–1 6–2–1 2nd
1937 Washington State 3–3–3 3–3–2 T–4th
1938 Washington State 2–8 1–7 9th
1939 Washington State 4–5 3–5 6th
1940 Washington State 4–4–2 3–4–2 4th
1941 Washington State 6–4 5–3 T–2nd 19
1942 Washington State 6–2–2 5–1–1 2nd 17
Washington State: 93–53–14 64–42–10
Total: 93–53–14
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
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External links

  • [[[:Template:College Football HoF/url]] College Football Hall of Fame profile]

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