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Charles Hockenberry Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Biographical details Born June 21, 1918 Place of birth Josephine, Pennsylvania Died March 15, 2007 (aged 88) Place of death Morgantown, West Virginia Playing career Football
1938–1939
Basketball
1938–1939
Baseball
1939–1941
1941–1942
1946
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia
Allentown Wings
Rochester Red WingsPosition(s) Halfback (football)
Catcher (baseball)Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1947–1948
Baseball
1947
West Virginia Tech
West VirginiaHead coaching record Overall 10–8 (football)
9–7 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Charles E. "Charley" Hockenberry (June 21, 1918 – March 15, 2007) was an American football, basketball, baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology from 1947 to 1948, compiling a record of 10–8. Hockenberry was also the head baseball coach at West Virginia University in 1947, tallying a mark of 9–7.
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Playing career
Hockenberry earned his Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University in 1941. While there, he lettered in baseball, football and basketball. After graduation, he played minor league baseball before enlisting in the United States Army Air Force.
Coaching career
Hockenberry was the head football coach for the West Virginia Tech Golden Bears located in Montgomery, West Virginia. He held that position for the 1947 and 1948 seasons. His coaching record at West Virginia Tech was 10 wins and 8 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2009 season, this ranks him #11 at West Virginia Tech in total wins and #7 at the school in winning percentage (.556).[1]
He returned to WVU in 1952 and worked in the athletic department until 1978. He was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[2]
References
- ^ DeLassus, David. "West Virginia Tech Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/msc/west_virginia_tech/coaching_records.php. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ^ West Virginia University Perspective, Fall 2005.
External links
- Charles Hockenberry at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
West Virginia Mountaineers head baseball coaches No coach (1892–1893) • A. R. Stahlings (1894–1896) • J. E. B. Sweeney (1897–1898) • Owen Altman (1899–1900) • H. Brown (1901) • Lee Hutchinson (1902–1905) • Carl Forkum (1906–1908) • Dick Nebinger (1909) • J. L. Core (1910) • L. L. McClure (1911) • John Gronninger (1912) • Charley Hickman (1913) • B. P. Pattison (1914) • Charley Hickman (1915–1917) • Skeeter Shelton (1918–1920) • Ira Rodgers (1921–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Ira Rodgers (1946) • Charles Hockenberry (1947) • Steve Harrick (1948–1967) • Dale Ramsburg (1968–1994) • Greg Van Zant (1995– )
West Virginia Tech Golden Bears head football coaches Unknown • Fudge • Weaver • Garrison • Martin • McGillivary • Shroyer • Shearer • Harrick • Hockenberry • Royer • Phillips • Watson • Cobb • Lucas • Heal • Gobel • Marsh • Bradley • Price • Springston • Monz • Briggs • Beatty • Tinsley
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