Philip Arbuckle
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Kingston, Illinois | September 6, 1882
Died | June 11, 1932 Houston, Texas | (aged 49)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1908–1911 | Southwestern (TX) |
1912–1917 | Rice |
1919–1923 | Rice |
1924 | Louisiana Tech |
Basketball | |
1910–1912 | Southwestern (TX) |
1922–1923 | Rice |
Baseball | |
1908–1911 | Southwestern (TX) |
1913–1917 | Rice |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1908–1912 | Southwestern (TX) |
1912–1924 | Rice |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 60–44–14 (football) 13–10 (basketball) 71–75–8 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 TIAA (1921) | |
Philip Heckman Arbuckle (September 6, 1882 – June 11, 1932) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1908 to 1911, Rice University from 1912 to 1917 and 1919 to 1923, and Louisiana Tech University in 1924, compiling a career college football coaching record of 60–44–14. At Rice he tallied a 51–25–8 record. His 1919 team went 8–1, to mark his best season. His only losing season at Rice came in 1923. In 1924, he coached at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled a 1–6–1 record.
Arbuckle died in Houston, Texas, on June 11, 1932, of a pulmonary embolism caused by subacute bacterial endocarditis.[1]
Rice University[]
Arbuckle served as Rice University's first athletic director and football coach in 1912. His teams played against local high schools until Rice joined the Southwest Conference in 1914.[2] Arbuckle also served as the head coach of the baseball, basketball and track teams and taught English and history. He was succeeded by John Heisman in 1924 and inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.[3]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Southwestern Pirates (Independent) (1908–1911) | |||||||||
1908 | Southwestern | 3–2 | |||||||
1909 | Southwestern | 1–4–2 | |||||||
1910 | Southwestern | 2–4–1 | |||||||
1911 | Southwestern | 2–3–2 | |||||||
Southwestern: | 8–13–5 | ||||||||
Rice Grays (Independent) (1912) | |||||||||
1912 | Rice | 3–2 | |||||||
Rice Grays/Owls (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
1913 | Rice | 4–0 | |||||||
1914 | Rice | 3–2–3 | |||||||
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1917) | |||||||||
1915 | Rice | 5–3 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
1916 | Rice | 6–1–2 | 2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
1917 | Rice | 7–1 | 1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1923) | |||||||||
1919 | Rice | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1920 | Rice | 4–2–2 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
1921 | Rice | 4–4–1 | 1–2–1 / 3–0 | 6th / 1st | |||||
1922 | Rice | 4–4 | 1–4 / 1–0 | 7th | |||||
1923 | Rice | 3–5 | 1–4 / 2–1 | 7th / T–3rd | |||||
Rice: | 51–25–8 | ||||||||
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924) | |||||||||
1924 | Louisiana Tech | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
Louisiana Tech: | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
Total: | 60–44–14 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Basketball[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
1922–23 | Rice | 10–9 | |||||||
Rice: | 10–9 | ||||||||
Total: | 10–9 |
Baseball[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Rice Owls (Independent) (1913–1913) | |||||||||
1913 | Rice | 3–3 | |||||||
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1914–1917) | |||||||||
1914 | Rice | 8–8–1 | |||||||
1915 | Rice | 5–13 | |||||||
1916 | Rice | 2–9 | 2–9 | ||||||
1917 | Rice | 8–5–1 | |||||||
Rice: | 26–38–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 26–38–2 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Phil Arbuckle Summoned At Houston Home". Belvidere Daily Republican. Belvidere, Illinois. June 13, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Rogers, Karen Hess; Pecht, Lee; Bath, Alan Harris (1 September 2012). Rice University: One Hundred Years in Pictures. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781603447546. Retrieved 26 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Department, Rice University Athletics. "Guide to the Rice University athletic records, 1912-2006 Part 1 of 2: Series I - III". Legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
External links[]
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- Rice Owls athletic directors
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- Southwestern Pirates athletic directors
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- Sportspeople from the Chicago metropolitan area
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- People from DeKalb County, Illinois
- Deaths from endocarditis
- Deaths from pulmonary embolism