- Biff Hoffman
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Biff Hoffman Date of birth: 1904 Date of death: January 29, 1954 Place of death: San Francisco, California Career information Position(s): FB College: Stanford Organizations Career highlights and awards Awards: 1928 Rose Bowl MVP Clifford Ellsworth "Biff" Hoffman (1904 - January 29, 1954) was an American football player.
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Early life
Hoffman attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then went on to attend Stanford University.[1]
Track and field
At Stanford, Hoffman was on the track and field team where he threw the discus. He set an NCAA discus record in 1925 with a throw of 148 feet 4 inches (45.21 m), helping Stanford win the 1925 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships.[2]
Stanford football
Hoffman was also a fullback on Stanford's football team under legendary coach Pop Warner. The 1926 Stanford football team went undefeated in the regular season, outscoring its opponents 268–73,[3] and then faced also-undefeated Alabama in the 1927 Rose Bowl. The teams played to a 7–7 tie and were named co-national champions by most media.[4] In 1927, Hoffman was named team captain and helped lead the team to the 1928 Rose Bowl, facing the Pitt Panthers. Behind 6–0 in the third quarter, Hoffman caught a screen pass and raced toward the end zone, but fumbled short of the goal line; another Stanford player, Frankie Wilton, picked up the fumble and ran the ball in for the touchdown. Hoffman then kicked the extra point and the score held, giving Stanford a 7–6 victory, its first Rose Bowl win in four attempts.[3] Hoffman was retroactively named the game's most outstanding player when the award was created in 1954.[5]
After football
In 1930, Hoffman married fellow Stanford graduate Claire Giannini, daughter of Bank of America founder Amadeo Giannini.[6][7] Hoffman worked as an investment banker in San Francisco, and died in 1954 of complications related to an ulcer in his esophagus.[8][9]
References
- ^ Spalding, John E.. "San Francisco vs. East Bay High School All-Star Football, 1932 to 1938". California Interscholastic Federation San Francisco. http://www.cifsf.org/Sports/Football-AAA-OALAll-StarHistory1931-38.pdf. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Hubbard smashes broad jump record". New York Times. June 13, 1925. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70811F7395D1A728DDDAD0994DE405B858EF1D3&scp=22&sq=stanford+discus&st=p. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ a b Migdol, Gary (1997). Stanford: Home of Champions. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 71–76. ISBN 1571671161. http://books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA5&sig=dQ8cE2nu119h8RZV4EXWYihBK90#PPA71,M1. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book. Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2009-08. pp. 76–81. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Rose Bowl MVPs". CBSSports.com. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/7978098. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ Cattani, Dana Haight; Angela B. Haight (2009). A. P. Giannini: The Man with the Midas Touch. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4389-5493-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=XFN-NJjqyWYC&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ "C. E. Hoffman Weds Claire Giannini". New York Times. May 25, 1930. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40A12FC3D55147A93C7AB178ED85F448385F9. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Clifford Hoffman dies". New York Times. January 30, 1954. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60D13F73C5E107B93C2AA178AD85F408585F9. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Biff Hoffman dies". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 29, 1954. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NYsSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g_YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3646%2C1781263. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
Categories:- 1954 deaths
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- People from San Francisco, California
- 1904 births
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