- Otto Klum
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Otto Klum Sport(s) Football, basketball Biographical details Born October 17, 1892 Place of birth near Ashland, Oregon Died September 24, 1944 (aged 51) Place of death near Ashland, Oregon Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1921–1939
Basketball
1921–1923
Hawaii
HawaiiHead coaching record Overall 84–51–7 (football)
13–8 (basketball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Otto "Proc" Klum (October 17, 1892 – September 24, 1944) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1921 to 1939. Klum is the most successful coach in Hawaii football history having compiled a career record of 84–51–7. His 1925 team went 10–0. Klum was also the head basketball coach at Hawaii for two seasons from 1921 to 1923, tallying a mark of 13–8.
Klum was notorious for running up the score. In the 1926 season, his team scored more than 100 points twice. His teams also scored more than 80 points in two other games in 1923 and 1925.
Klum died on September 24, 1944 of a heart attack near Ashland, Oregon. He was born near Ashland on October 17, 1892.[1]
Klum Gym, on the University of Hawaii's Manoa campus, is named after the former coach.[2] Klum is an inductee of the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
Contents
Head coaching record
Football
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Hawaii Fighting Deans/Hawaii Rainbows (Independent) (1921–1939) 1921 Hawaii 3–3–2 1922 Hawaii 5–1–1 1923 Hawaii 5–1–2 1924 Hawaii 8–0 1925 Hawaii 10–0 1926 Hawaii 5–4 1927 Hawaii 5–2 1928 Hawaii 2–5 1929 Hawaii 4–3 1930 Hawaii 5–2 1931 Hawaii 3–2–1 1932 Hawaii 2–1–1 1933 Hawaii 4–3 1934 Hawaii 6–0 1935 Hawaii 5–3 1936 Hawaii 3–5 1937 Hawaii 2–6 1938 Hawaii 4–4 1939 Hawaii 3–6 Hawaii: 84–51–7 Total: 84–51–7 References
- ^ ""Proc" Klum Dies Of Heart Attack". Berkeley Daily Gazette. September 25, 1944. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vRwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gKYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6267,6479731. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ http://libweb.hawaii.edu/names/klum.html
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Hawaiʻi Warriors head football coaches Austin Jones (1909–1911) • No team (1912–1914) • John Peden (1915) • William Britton (1916) • Dave Crawford (1917–1919) • Raymond Elliot (1920) • Otto Klum (1921–1939) • Eugene Gill (1940) • Eugene Gill & Tom Kaulukukui (1941) • No team (1942–1945) • Tom Kaulukukui (1946–1950) • Archie Kodros (1951) • Hank Vasconcellos (1952–1960) • Jim Asato (1962–1964) • Clark Shaughnessy (1965) • Phil Sarboe (1966) • Don King (1967) • Dave Holmes (1968–1973) • Larry Price (1974–1976) • Dick Tomey (1977–1986) • Bob Wagner (1987–1995) • Fred von Appen (1996–1998) • June Jones (1999–2007) • Greg McMackin (2008– )
Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors head basketball coaches Dave Crawford (1918–1919) • Edward Williford (1919–1920) • No team (1920–1921) • Otto Klum (1921–1923) • Charles Jones (1920–1926) • Leslie Harrison (1926–1929) • Claude Swann (1929–1930) • Eugene Gill (1930–1941) • Bert Chan Wa (1941–1942) • No team (1942–1946) • Bert Chan Wa (1946–1947) • Art Gallon (1947–1951) • Al Saake (1951–1954) • Ah Chew Goo (1954–1957) • Al Saake (1957–1963) • Red Rocha (1963–1973) • Bruce O'Neil (1973–1976) • Rick Pitino # (1976) • Larry Little (1976–1985) • Frank Arnold (1985–1987) • Riley Wallace (1987–2007) • Bob Nash (2007–2010) • Gib Arnold (2010–)
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors head baseball coaches Otto Klum (1923–1936) • No team (1937) • Eugene Gill (1938–1939) • No team (1940) • Tom Kaulukukui (1941) • No team (1942–1945) • Jesse James Kelly (1946) • Tom Kaulukukui (1947–1949) • Toka Tanaka (1950–1951) • Jerry Burns (1952) • Jim Asato (1953) • Thomas Ige (1954) • Toka Tanaka (1955–1960) • Henry Tominaga (1961–1962) • No team (1964) • Jyun Hirota (1965) • Henry Tominaga (1966–1968) • Dick Kitamura (1969) • No team (1970) • Les Murakami (1971–2000) • Carl Furutani (2001) • Mike Trapasso (2002– )
Categories:- 1892 births
- 1944 deaths
- American basketball coaches
- Hawaii Rainbow Warriors baseball coaches
- Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball coaches
- Hawaii Warriors football coaches
- Hawaii Warriors and Rainbow Wahine athletic directors
- People from Ashland, Oregon
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