- Noble Kizer
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Noble Kizer 
Kizer pictured in Debris 1931, Purdue yearbook Sport(s) Football, basketball Biographical details Born March 11, 1900 Place of birth near Plymouth, Indiana Died June 13, 1940 (aged 40) Place of death Lafayette, Indiana Playing career Football
1922–1924
Basketball
1924–1925
Notre Dame
Notre DamePosition(s) Guard (football) Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1925–1929
1930–1936
Purdue (assistant)
PurdueAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1933–1940 Purdue Head coaching record Overall 42–13–3 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 Big Ten (1931–1932) Noble E. "Nobe" Kizer (March 11, 1900 – June 13, 1940) was an American football and basketball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University from 1930 to 1936 and the school's athletic director from 1933 until his resignation in 1937. During his tenure as head coach, he won two Big Ten Conference titles and compiled a record of 42–13–3. Kizer was also the athletic director from 1933 until his death in 1940.
From 1922 to 1924, Kizer played right guard at Notre Dame University under Knute Rockne. In 1925, he became an assistant coach at Purdue under James Phelan and inherited the head coaching position upon Phelan's departure for the University of Washington. Kizer died on June 13, 1940 in Lafayette, Indiana from a kidney ailment and high blood pressure.[1]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1930–1936) 1930 Purdue 6–2 4–2 3rd 1931 Purdue 9–1 5–1 T–1st 1932 Purdue 7–0–1 5–0–1 T–1st 1933 Purdue 6–1–1 3–1–1 4th 1934 Purdue 5–3 3–1 4th 1935 Purdue 4–4 3–3 T–3rd 1936 Purdue 5–2–1 3–1–1 T–4th Purdue: 42–13–3 26–9–3 Total: 42–13–3 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ "NOBLE KIZER DIES; A FOOTBALL LEADER; Athletic Director at Purdue University Was Former Head Coach of the Eleven PLAYED AT NOTRE DAME Member of 'Four Horsemen' Team Under Knute Rockne—Ex-Star in Basketball Coached All-Star Team He Excelled in Basketball". The New York Times. June 14, 1940. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40C16FF395A11728DDDAD0994DE405B8088F1D3. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
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Purdue Boilermakers head football coaches Albert Berg (1887) • No team (1888) • George Andrew Reisner (1889) • Clinton L. Hare (1890) • Knowlton Ames (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1893–1895) • S. M. Hammond (1896) • William H. Church (1897) • Alpha Jamison (1898–1900) • D. M. Balliet (1901) • Charles Best (1902) • Oliver Cutts (1903–1904) • Albert E. Herrnstein (1905) • Myron E. Witham (1906) • Leigh C. Turner (1907) • Frederick A. Speik (1908–1909) • Bill Horr (1910–1912) • Andy Smith (1913–1915) • Cleo A. O'Donnell (1916–1917) • A. G. Scanlon (1918–1920) • William Henry Dietz (1921) • James Phelan (1922–1929) • Noble Kizer (1930–1936) • Allen Elward (1937–1941) • Elmer Burnham (1942–1943) • Cecil Isbell (1944–1946) • Stu Holcomb (1947–1955) • Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969) • Bob DeMoss (1970–1972) • Alex Agase (1973–1976) • Jim Young (1977–1981) • Leon Burtnett (1982–1986) • Fred Akers (1987–1990) • Jim Colletto (1991–1996) • Joe Tiller (1997–2008) • Danny Hope (2009– )
1925 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Tusten Ackerman • Burgess Carey • Jack Cobb • Emanuel Goldblatt • Vic Hanson • Noble Kizer • John Miner • Earl Mueller • Gerald Spohn • Carlos Steele
Categories:- 1900 births
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