Adolph Hamblin

Adolph Hamblin
Biographical details
Born	1896; Galesburg, Illinois
Died	August 17, 1966; South Charleston, West Virginia
Alma mater	Knox College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1944	West 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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Adolph Hamblin at Find a Grave

[Knox-1] "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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