| Clyde Propst | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 12, 1898 Ohatchee, Alabama |
| Died | October 13, 1959 (aged 61) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–14–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships 1 SoCon (1924) | |
| Awards 3x All-Southern (1922, 1923, 1924) | |
Ralph Clyde "Shorty" Propst (May 12, 1898 – October 13, 1959) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head coach at both Howard and Southwestern from 1934 to 1937. During his tenure as a head coach, Propst had an overall record of 19 wins, 14 losses and 6 ties (19–14–6).
Playing career[]
Propst was a prominent center for the Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama coached by Xen C. Scott and Wallace Wade. In three different years he was selected All-Southern. He recovered Pooley Hubert's fumble in the endzone which was the deciding score in the 9 to 7 victory over Penn in 1922, arguably the biggest win in the era of Scott's coaching tenure.[1] He won the Porter Loving Cup three times.[2]
Coaching career[]
After he graduated from Alabama, Propst began his coaching career under Wallace Wade with the Crimson Tide in 1925.[3] At Alabama, Propst served as an assistant with the varsity in 1925, led the freshmen team in 1926 and 1927 before returning as a varsity assistant from 1928 to 1932.[4] After the 1932 season, he left coaching briefly to enter private business.[4] On March 21, 1934, Propst was hired to serve as head coach at Howard College (now Samford University) after Eddie McLane resigned to take the same position at Louisiana Tech.[5] During his one season with the Bulldogs, Propst led Howard to an overall record of three wins, four losses and two ties (3–4–2).[6]
He resigned his position at Howard one year later on March 7, 1935 to become both the head coach and athletic director at Southwestern College of Memphis (now Rhodes College).[7] The position came available after the death of James DeHart who was hired, but never coached a game at Southwestern in February 1935.[7][8] During his three-year tenure with the Lynx, his most notable victory came in 1936 when he led Southwestern to a 12–0 upset over Vanderbilt.[9] Propst later resigned both as head coach and athletic director at Southwestern on December 3, 1937.[10] He chose to resign after he learned his contract was not to be renewed in March 1938 by university officials.[4] During his three-year tenure at Southwestern, Propst led the Lynx to an overall record of sixteen wins, ten losses and four ties (16–10–4).[4][10] Propst later served as line coach at Auburn University from 1944 to 1947.[11]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference) (1934) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Howard | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| Howard: | 3–4–2 | ||||||||
| Southwestern Lynx (Dixie Conference) (1935–1937) | |||||||||
| 1935 | Southwestern | 3–4–3 | |||||||
| 1936 | Southwestern | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1937 | Southwestern | 6–4 | |||||||
| Southwestern: | 16–10–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–14–6 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
Later life[]
After he resigned from Auburn, Propst was recommended by Sam Hobbs in 1948 to serve as postmaster in Ohatchee, Alabama.[12] He later died on October 13, 1959, at the home of his daughter in Philadelphia where he had resided since 1957.[13]
References[]
- ↑ "Alabama vs. Pennsylvania". http://bryantmuseum.com/TLGDetails.asp?GameDate=11/4/1922. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=1QwaEkGzxrMC&pg=RA4-PA254
- ↑ "All-Time Assistant Coaches". 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. pp. 142–143.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pappas, Thomas (December 10, 1937). "Propst leaves after three years as grid coach" (PDF). The Sou'wester: p. 3. http://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/bitstream/10267/6773/1/19371210_souwester.pdf. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Howard names Shorty Propst as head coach". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 8. March 21, 1934. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GkRBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=grcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5904%2C3724513. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "All-Time Results". 2011 Samford Football Media Guide. Homewood, Alabama: Samford University Sports Information. 2011. p. 151.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Shorty Propst chosen Southwestern head coach". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 8. March 7, 1935. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=suk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=x0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4152%2C2866633. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Jimmy DeHart, noted grid mentor, passes". The Evening Independent. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 4A. March 5, 1935. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IfxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1711%2C2653754. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Propst insists he did not use magic in upset". Daily Journal-World. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 6. October 12, 1936. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MwZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Dr8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3728%2C2609602. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Propst resigns post". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 6. December 5, 1937. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rNY-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=10wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3859%2C7039656. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Auburn All-Time Assistant Coaches". 2006 Auburn Football Media Guide. Auburn, Alabama: Auburn Media Relations Office. 2006. p. 165.
- ↑ "Name makes news for Shorty Propst". The Florence Times. Associated Press (Google News Archives): p. 10. June 7, 1948. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WBUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w8YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=949%2C3433307. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "R. C. "Shorty" Propst dies, was all-time Tide great". The Tuscaloosa News (Google News Archives): p. 16. October 14, 1959. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SxUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-pkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7403%2C2012161. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
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