Adolph Hamblin
Biographical details
Born1896
Galesburg, Illinois
Died(1966-08-17)August 17, 1966
South Charleston, West Virginia
Alma materKnox College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1944West Virginia State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 black college national (1936)

Adolph Putnam "Ziggy" Hamblin (1896 – August 17, 1966) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

A native of Galesburg, Illinois, Hamblin attended Knox College in that city. He received 16 varsity letters at Knox, competing in football, basketball, baseball, and track.[1]

He served as the head football coach at West Virginia State College from 1921 to 1944.[2] He led the 1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team to the black college football national championship. He also coached the basketball and baseball teams and was a professor of biology for 45 years.[1][3]

In 1987, Hamblin was posthumously inducted into the Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame. In addition, the science building at West Virginia State was named for him.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adolph "Ziggy" Hamblin". Knox College. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. "Cardwell New Football Coach at West Virginia State". The Pittsburgh Courier. July 28, 1945. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Hamblin, 70, Dies". The Pittsburgh Courier. August 27, 1966. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
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