Hugo Bezdek
American football head coach
1884 – 1952
Who was Hugo Bezdek?
Hugo Francis Bezdek was a Czech American sports figure who played American football and was a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He was the head football coach at the University of Oregon, the University of Arkansas, Penn State University, and Delaware Valley College. Bezdek also coached the Mare Island Marines in the 1918 Rose Bowl and the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League in 1937 and part of the 1938 season. In addition, Bezdek coached basketball at Oregon and Penn State, coached baseball at Arkansas, Oregon and Penn State, and served as the manager of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1884
Prague - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Lived in
- Prague
- Died
- Sep 19, 1952
Atlantic City
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on July 23, 2013
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