Tony Hinkle
Basketball Coach
1899 – 1992
Who was Tony Hinkle?
Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletic administrator. He attended the University of Chicago, where he won varsity letters in three sports. Hinkle captained the Chicago Maroons basketball team for two seasons was twice selected as an All-American, in 1919 and 1920. After graduating from the University of Chicago, Hinkle moved on to Butler University as a coach. There, over the course of nearly 50 years, he served as the head football coach, head basketball coach, and head baseball coach. Hinkle was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor in 1965. Butler's home basketball arena was renamed as Hinkle Fieldhouse in the coach's honor in 1966.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1899
Logansport - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Calumet High School
- Died
- Sep 22, 1992
- Resting place
- Crown Hill Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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