Sam Honaker
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 14, 1887 Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 1966 (aged 79) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1906–1909 | Virginia |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1911 | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–6–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1907) | |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Samuel William Honaker (March 14, 1887 – March 21, 1966) was an American college football player and coach and consul general.
Early years
[edit | edit source]Honaker was born in Tampa, Florida in 1887 but grew up in Plano, Texas. He spent two years at Bingham Preparatory School in Asheville, North Carolina and five at the University of Virginia.[1]
University of Virginia
[edit | edit source]He graduated from UVA in 1913.[2][3]
Football
[edit | edit source]Honaker was a quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, remembered as one of its "great" ones;[4] "a diminutive quarterback who thrilled the crowds with his brilliant broken-field running."[5]
1907
[edit | edit source]"A well known New York authority on sports" selected Honaker for his All-Southern team in 1907.[6] Walter Camp gave him honorable mention on his All-America teams.[7]
1908
[edit | edit source]The Cavaliers won a Southern title in 1908.
1909
[edit | edit source]Virginia won a share of another title in 1909. Honaker was captain of the '09 team. Kemper Yancey was a teammate.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Honaker was the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—for the 1911 season, compiling a record of 0–6–2.[8]
Consul general
[edit | edit source]Honaker later joined the United States Foreign Service, serving as consul general in Istanbul, Turkey at one point.[9] He was also the consul general in Stuttgart, Germany in 1935.[10]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Spiders (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1911) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Richmond | 0–6–2 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| Richmond: | 0–6–2 | 0–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–6–2 | ||||||||
References
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- ^ "All-Southern Eleven". Charlotte Observer. December 16, 1907
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- ^ Richmond Coaching Records Archived July 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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- 1887 births
- 1966 deaths
- American football quarterbacks
- Richmond Spiders football coaches
- Virginia Cavaliers football players
- All-Southern college football players
- Players of American football from Plano, Texas
- Players of American football from Tampa, Florida
- Coaches of American football from Florida
- 20th-century American sportsmen