Eric Tipton

Tipton played college football at Duke University as a running back and punter. While there, the Blue Devils won 25 games and lost only four, and won the Southern Conference championship in 1936 and 1938.^[2] For his college career, he rushed for 1,633 yards and scored 17 touchdowns.^[3] One of his most notable games came against Pittsburgh in 1938. During the game, Tipton had seven punts that stayed within Pitts' own 10-yard line, and another seven stopped inside the 20-yard line, as Duke won 7–0.^[2]

Professional baseball career

Tipton was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but chose to play professional baseball instead.^[4] He played outfield for the Philadelphia Athletics (1939–1941) and the Cincinnati Reds (1942–1945).^[3] His best seasons in the majors were in 1943 and 1944, when he had 142 hits and batted .288 in '43, and had 144 hits and batted .301 in '44.^[3] Tipton then played in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball with the St. Paul Saints, 1946–1951, and the Portland Beavers, 1952, of the Pacific Coast League.^[3]

Coaching career

During his off-season from baseball, Tipton was initially freshman football coach beginning in 1939 and in 1946 became an assistant football coach at The College of William & Mary. From 1953–57 he served as W&M's baseball prior to moving to West Point in 1957, where he was the lightweight football coach and baseball team head coach at the United States Military Academy. In 20 seasons at West Point, his baseball teams were 234–201–5 and won three league titles. His lightweight football teams were 104–14–1 for a .878 winning percentage with 13 league titles.^[2]

Honors

For his athletic ability as a student Tipton was named to the Duke University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 in the second induction year. He joined the William & Mary Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989 after serving as a coach from 1939–1957 and, at the time, was one of few non-William & Mary graduation coaches inducted. Tipton was named to the Army Sports Hall of Fame (at the United States Military Academy) in 2005 in the second induction year; he was the first two-sport head coach honored at West Point. Tipton was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978.

References

↑ "The Obit for Eric Tipton". The Deadball Era. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
1 2 3 4 "Eric Tipton's College Football HOF Profile". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
1 2 3 4 "College Football Historical Society Newsletter: Volume XV, Number II, February 2002" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
↑ "History: Draft History – 1930". Washington Redskins. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Eric Tipton at the College Football Hall of Fame

Washington Redskins 1939 NFL Draft selections

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William & Mary Tribe head baseball coaches

No coach (1902–1904)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
H. B. White (1908)
George E. O'Hearn (1909–1910)
Frederick R. Savage & William J. Young (1911)
Unknown (1912–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1914–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1917)
Bathurst Peachy (1918)
Vernon Geddy (1919)
James G. Driver (1920–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1924–1928)
Harry Young (1929–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Bill Scott (1935–1937)
John Kellison (1938)
Rube McCray (1939–1941)
Albert H. Werner (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1947)
Marvin Bass (1948)
Orlin Rogers (1949)
Howard Smith (1950–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1952)
Eric Tipton (1953–1957)
Ed Derringe (1958–1959)
Joe Agee (1960–1964)
Maynard Weber (1965)
H. Lester Hooker (1966–1970)
Bo Rein (1971)
George Pearce (1972)
Les Roes (1973)
Tony Zontini (1974)
Ed Jones (1975–1978)
Maynard Weber (1979–1981)
Ed Jones & Maynard Weber (1982)
Ed Jones (1983–1985)
Joe Breeden (1986–1987)
Chris Rankin (1988)
Bill Harris (1989–1992)
Jim Farr (1993–2005)
Frank Leoni (2006–2012)
Jamie Pinzino (2013)
Brian Murphy (2014– )

Army Black Knights head baseball coaches

Student coaches (1890–1894)
Abraham Lott (1895–1896)
Student coaches (1897–1900)
Charles Irving Davis (1901–1902)
Steinwender (1903)
Summersgill (1904)
Walter Clarkson (1905)
Dennis Houle (1906–1908)
Sammy Strang (1909–1917)
Hans Lobert (1918–1925)
Harold McCormick (1926–1936)
Walter French (1937–1942)
Paul Amen (1943–1954)
Joseph Palone (1955–1957)
Eric Tipton (1958–1977)
Bill Permakoff (1978–1985)
Danny Roberts (1986–2000)
Joe Sottolano (2000–2013)
Matt Reid (2014– )

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