George Robert Cobb (August 26, 1885 – February 13, 1957) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rhode Island State College—now known as the University of Rhode Island—from 1909 to 1911 and again from 1913 to 1914, compiling a record of a 17–16–5. Cobb was also the head basketball coach at Rhode Island State from 1910 to 1913, tallying a mark of 13–9, and the school's athletic director from 1909 to 1916. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1908. Cobb died on February 13, 1957, as Peninsula General Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1885 Granby, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 1957 (aged 71) Salisbury, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1907 | Massachusetts |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Rhode Island State |
| 1913–1914 | Rhode Island State |
| Basketball | |
| 1910–1913 | Rhode Island State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1909–1916 | Rhode Island State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–16–5 (football) 13–9 (basketball) |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island State Rams (Independent) (1909–1911) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Rhode Island State | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1910 | Rhode Island State | 5–1–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | Rhode Island State | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Rhode Island State Rams (Independent) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Rhode Island State | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1914 | Rhode Island State | 2–3–3 | |||||||
| Rhode Island State: | 17–16–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 17–16–5 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "George R. Cobb". The Daily Times. Salisbury, Maryland. February 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved July 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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