Ben Kribbs
Biographical details | |
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Born | Knox, Pennsylvania | November 17, 1918
Died | January 12, 1968 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | (aged 49)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1935 | Clarion |
1937–1938 | Clarion |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1947–1949 | Waynesboro HS (PA) |
1950–1951 | Clarion |
Basketball | |
1950–1952 | Clarion |
1952��1962 | Bucknell |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1962–1968 | Bucknell |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 6–7–1 (college football) 131–127 (college basketball) 8–20—3 (high school football) |
Benton Albert Kribbs (November 17, 1918 – January 12, 1968) was an American college athletics administrator. He attended Clarion State College (now, Clarion University of Pennsylvania) and served as the head coach of that school's football, basketball, and baseball teams from 1949 to 1952. He was hired as the head basketball coach at Bucknell University in 1952 and held that job for 10 years until 1962 when he became Bucknell's athletic director. He held that job until his death in 1968.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ "Kribbs Named A.D. At Bucknell". The Pittsburgh Press. July 17, 1962. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Benton Kribbs of Bucknell Succumbs". Wilkes-Barre Record. January 13, 1968. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1918 births
- 1968 deaths
- American football ends
- Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
- Bucknell Bison athletic directors
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Bucknell Bison men's basketball coaches
- Clarion Golden Eagles baseball coaches
- Clarion Golden Eagles football coaches
- Clarion Golden Eagles football players
- Clarion Golden Eagles men's basketball coaches
- High school football coaches in Pennsylvania
- People from Clarion County, Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania