Sam Honaker
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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
Honaker was the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—for the 1911 season, compiling a record of 0–6–2.[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: | 0–6–2 | ||||||||
References
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