Adolph Hamblin facts for kids
| 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.
He served as the head football coach at West Virginia State College from 1921 to 1944. 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.
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.
