Hubert Jack | |
Birth Date: | 23 February 1904 |
Birth Place: | Grove City, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1926–1936 |
Coach Team2: | Grove City HS (PA) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1937–1942 |
Coach Team3: | DuBois HS (PA) |
Coach Years4: | 1946–1968 |
Coach Team4: | Lock Haven |
Coach Sport5: | Wrestling |
Coach Years6: | 1926–1937 |
Coach Team6: | Grove City HS (PA) |
Coach Years7: | 1937–1943 |
Coach Team7: | DuBois HS (PA) |
Coach Years8: | 1943–1962 |
Coach Team8: | Lock Haven |
Coach Sport9: | Track |
Coach Years10: | 1926–1937 |
Coach Team10: | Grove City HS (PA) |
Overall Record: | 102–91–7 (college football) 153–39–5 (college wrestling) |
Championships: | Football 1 PSTCC (1957) 1 PSCAC West Division (1960) |
Awards: | Helms Foundation Wrestling Hall of Fame (1963) |
Hubert Hosack Jack (February 23, 1904 – March 15, 1981) was an American football and wrestling coach. He was the head wrestling coach at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1962 and football coach from 1946 to 1968. He led the wrestling team to a 153–39–5 record and the football team to a 102–91–7 record. He retired from coaching in January 1969.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Jack was graduate of Grove City High School in Grove City, Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock State Teachers College—now known as Slippery Rock University—in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh.[5]
Jack died on March 15, 1981, while attending the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Princeton, New Jersey.[6]
Jack was inducted into the Helms Hall Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Lock Haven Hall of Fame in 2015.[7] [8] Hubert Jack Stadium, Lock Haven's home football venue, is named in his honor.[9]