Ray D. Hahn

Ray D. Hahn
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born (1897-11-19)November 19, 1897
Clay Center, Kansas
Died November 8, 1989(1989-11-08) (aged 91)
Lindsborg, Kansas
Alma mater Kansas State Agricultural College
Playing career
Football
1920–1922 Kansas State
Basketball
1921–1923 Kansas State
Position(s) Lineman (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1934 South Dakota Mines
1938–1956 Bethany (KS)
Basketball
1930–1935 South Dakota Mines
Head coaching record
Overall 70–104–4 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Grantland Rice All-American team
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
NAIA Hall of Fame

Ray Dreyer Hahn (November 19, 1897 November 8, 1989) was an American football and basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Hahn attended Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas. While at Kansas State, he participated in football, basketball, and track. He was the captain of the 1922 Aggies football team and was named to the Grantland Rice All-American team as a lineman.[1]

Coaching career

South Dakota Mines

Hahn was the head football coach for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Hardrockers football team from 1929 until 1934. his teams completed an overall record of 15 wins and 27 losses.[2]

Bethany

Hahn was the head coach for the Bethany Terrible Swedes located in Lindsborg, Kansas. He held that position for 19 seasons, from 1938 until 1956.[3] His coaching record at Bethany was 55 wins, 77 losses and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2012 season, this ranks him #2 at Bethany in total wins and #9 at the school in winning percentage (.419).[4]

Other coaching duties

Hahn began his coaching career at Norton High School in 1923. He also coached in Downers Grove, Illinois, Nebraska Teachers College of Chadron (now called Chadron State College), and South Dakota School of Mines. Hahn went to Bethany College in 1938 as a basketball, football and tennis coach. He did take a leave of absence from 1943 through 1945 during World War II to teach at Leavenworth.[1]

Legacy

The Bethany College gymnasium was named the Hahn Physical Education Building in his honor. Hahn was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics of Fame in 1966, an organization he helped to start as the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball, the predecessor to the NAIA.[1]

References

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