Buddy Hackman
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1906-02-06)February 6, 1906 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | June 25, 1987(1987-06-25) (aged 81) Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1928–1930 | Tennessee |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1931–1933 | Lakeland HS (FL) |
1934 | Greeneville HS (TN) |
1935–1941 | Roanoke (backfield) |
1942 | Roanoke |
Basketball | |
1942–1967 | Roanoke |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 1–5–1 (college football) 252–207 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× All-Southern (1929, 1930) Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (1974) | |
Joseph Sandy "Buddy" Hackman (February 6, 1906 – June 25, 1987) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball.
Playing years
Hackman was a halfback for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1928 to 1930. He was part of Robert Neyland's first great backfield along with future All-Americans Gene McEver and Bobby Dodd.[1] Hackman stood 5'11" and weighed 175 pounds. Hackman and McEver were sometimes called "Hack and Mack."[2] McEver missed the entire 1930 season with torn ligaments in his knee. Hackman filled his role and made the All-Southern team.[1][3] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[1] Hackman wore number 15.
Coaching years
He coached the Roanoke College Maroons in basketball and baseball starting in 1936 and continuing to do so for nearly 35 years.[4][5]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Roanoke Maroons (Independent) (1942) | |||||||||
1942 | Roanoke | 1–5–1 | |||||||
Roanoke: | 1–5–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–5–1 |
References
- ^ a b c "Hackman, Joseph Sandy "Buddy"". Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Werner Laufer (October 23, 1929). "Hack 'N' Mack, Dixie's Flying Halfbacks Bring New Glories To Tennessee Gridiron". Anniston Star. p. 12. Retrieved September 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Southern". San Antonio Express. December 4, 1930.
- ^ "100 Years of Roanoke College Hoops". Roanoke.edu. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014.
- ^ "Joseph S. "Buddy" Hackman (1971) - Hall of Fame". Roanoke College. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
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- Unknown (1893–1894)
- Herbert J. McIntire (1895)
- Harry T. Collier (1896)
- J. Lewis Ingles (1897)
- Unknown (1898)
- Herbert J. McIntire (1899)
- Unknown (1900–1905)
- Frank Connor (1906)
- Hugh M. Moomaw (1907)
- George Gose Perry (1908)
- William W. Casserley (1909)
- James F. Morton (1910)
- James Reva Adams (1911)
- Ralph C. Kenney (1912)
- Pinky Spruhan (1913–1919)
- Edwin W. Leary (1920)
- Pinky Spruhan (1921–1929)
- Gordon C. White (1930–1941)
- Buddy Hackman (1942)