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Harry G. Kipke (March 26, 1899 - September 14, 1972) was the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 1929-1937. During that span, his teams compiled a 46-26-4 record, won four conference titles, and captured two national championships in 1932 and 1933.
Harry Kipke. One of the most versatile athletes in Michigan history, Harry Kipke went on to become one of the Wolverines' greatest coaches as well. Harry starred for the Michigan football team from 1921-23 and earned All-America honors at halfback in 1922. He captained the 1923 squad, which went undefeated and captured the Big Ten championship.
In 1942, Kipke joined the U.S. Navy in World War II and later became president of the Coca-Cola Company of Chicago. Harry Kipke was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in 1958, the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981 and was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1968. He passed away on September 14, 1972 at ...
Harry George Kipke (March 26, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State College in 1928 and at the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1937, compiling a career record of 49–30–5. During his nine-year tenure as head coach at Michigan, Kipke's teams compiled a 46–26–4 record, won four ...
Harry Kipke. Harry George Kipke (March 26, 1899–September 14, 1972) played football, basketball and baseball at the University of Michigan in 1920-1924. He went into coaching after his playing days ended. He served as an assistant at Missouri (1924-1927), and then head football coach at Michigan State College (1928) and the University of ...
Sep 15, 1972 · PORT HURON, Mich., Sept. 14 (AP)—Harry Kipke, former University of Michigan head football coach, who was a three‐time All‐America halfback there, died today at a hospital. He was 73 years old.
Bio. It was the Roaring Twenties, and stadium crowds never roared louder than they did at he sight of a Harry Kipke punt. Considered the finest punter in the nation as a junior consensus All-America in 1922 ,Michigan's Kipke was even more respected by opposing Big Ten coaches for his excellence as a ball carrier, passer or blocker.
