:Sam Honaker

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|3|14}}

| birth_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|3|21|1887|3|14}}

| death_place = Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Virginia

| player_years1 = 1906–1909

| player_team1 = Virginia

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 = 1911

| coach_team1 = Richmond

| overall_record = 0–6–2

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| awards = All-Southern (1907)

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Samuel William Honaker (March 14, 1887 – March 21, 1966) was an American college football player and coach and consul general.

Early years

Honaker was born in Tampa, Florida in 1887 but grew up in Plano, Texas. He spent two years at Bingham Preparatory School in Asheville, North Carolina and five at the University of Virginia.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/registercontaini1915unit#page/88/mode/2up|title=Register of the Department of State|date=October 21, 1915|page=89}}

=University of Virginia=

He graduated from UVA in 1913.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDtOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Honaker,+samuel+william%22|title=Register of the Department of State|date=1922|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=134}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omJLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Honaker%22|title=Football at the University of Richmond, 1878-1948|date=1949|page=89|last1=Bailey|first1=John Wendell}}

==Football==

Honaker was a quarterback for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia, remembered as one of its "great" ones;{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=teFKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Sam+honaker%22+virginia|journal=Virginia|volume=35|page=23|date=1946|title=Class of 1913|author=Alumni Association of the University of Virginia}} "a diminutive quarterback who thrilled the crowds with his brilliant broken-field running."{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2t5KAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Sam+honaker%22+quarterback|title=Corks and Curls|author=University of Virginia|page=309|date=1930}}

===1907===

"A well known New York authority on sports" selected Honaker for his All-Southern team in 1907."All-Southern Eleven". Charlotte Observer. December 16, 1907 Walter Camp gave him honorable mention on his All-America teams.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1986333//|title=Camp Selects Team|work=The Washington Herald|date=December 27, 1907|page=8|access-date=March 14, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

===1908===

The Cavaliers won a Southern title in 1908.

===1909===

Virginia won a share of another title in 1909. Honaker was captain of the '09 team. Kemper Yancey was a teammate.

Coaching career

Honaker was the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—for the 1911 season, compiling a record of 0–6–2.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/atlantic10/richmond/coaching_records.php Richmond Coaching Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728135552/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/atlantic10/richmond/coaching_records.php |date=July 28, 2014 }}

Consul general

Honaker later joined the United States Foreign Service, serving as consul general in Istanbul, Turkey at one point.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-RKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Samuel+W.+Honaker+(Grad,+'13)+(L/M)+of+Ft.+Lauderdale,+Fla.,+died+on+March+21.+He+was+a+****%22|journal=Virginia|volume=55|page=52|date=1966|title=Deaths|author=Alumni Association of the University of Virginia}} He was also the consul general in Stuttgart, Germany in 1935.{{Cite book|title = Was Hitler a Riddle?: Western Democracies and National Socialism|last = Ascher|first = Abraham|publisher = Stanford University Press|year = 2012|pages = 181|isbn = 9780804784597|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0P3JObeSN7IC&dq=%22Samuel+W.+Honaker%22&pg=PA181}}