Ed Kubale
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1899–1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Ed Kubale
| image = Ed Kubale.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Kubale, {{Circa|1921}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|11|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|2|4|1899|11|22}}
| death_place = Danville, Kentucky, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1920–1923
| player_team1 = Centre
| player_positions = Center
| coach_years1 = 1925–1928
| coach_team1 = TCU (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1929–1937
| coach_team2 = Centre
| coach_years3 = 1938–1941
| coach_team3 = Southwestern (TN)
| coach_years4 = 1944
| coach_team4 = Brooklyn Tigers
| admin_years1 = 1938–1942
| admin_team1 = Southwestern (TN)
| overall_record = 69–55–8 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards = All-American Honorable Mention (1922)
2× All-Southern (1921, 1923)
| coaching_records =
}}
Edwin C. Kubale (November 22, 1899 – February 4, 1971) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky from 1928 to 1937 and Southwestern Presbyterian University—now known as Rhodes College—in Memphis, Tennessee from 1938 to 1941, compiling a career headcoaching record of 69–55–8. Kubale played college football at the Center position at Centre.
Centre College
Kubale came to Centre College from Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he played for coach Frank Bridges. Kubale played center for the Centre Praying Colonels. He replaced All-American Red Weaver at the center position in 1921, the same year that Centre upset Harvard 6 to 0.{{cite web|url=http://library.centre.edu/sc/special/C6h0/ziegler.html|title=The Centre Harvard Game of 1921|author=Valarie H. Ziegler|access-date=February 2, 2015}} Walter Camp gave him honorable mention All-America in 1922.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1937349/camp_1922_all_america/|title=Camp's All America Stars Show Why They Are Winners; Have Brains, Power, Spirit|work=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=December 26, 1922|access-date=March 8, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|page=15}} {{Open access}} Kubale was captain of the 1923 team.{{cite web|url=http://www.centreathletics.com/information/hall_of_fame/bios/Edwin_C._-Ed-_Kubale|title=Ed Kubale|access-date=February 2, 2015}} He was twice selected All-Southern.{{cite news|url=http://mercercluster.galileo.usg.edu/mercercluster-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/mer/mer1923/mer1923-0107.mets.xml;query=%22all%20southern%22;brand=mercercluster-j2k-brand#page/n0/mode/1up|title=The Telegraph's All-Southern|work=Mercer Cluster|date=December 7, 1923|pages=3; 6|access-date=January 26, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208102443/http://mercercluster.galileo.usg.edu/mercercluster-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/mer/mer1923/mer1923-0107.mets.xml;query=%22all%20southern%22;brand=mercercluster-j2k-brand#page/n0/mode/1up|url-status=dead}} Kubale wore number 8.
Coaching career
Kubale coached in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1944 season for the Brooklyn Tigers. During his time with the Tigers he was a co-coach with Frank Bridges and Pete Cawthon.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9W5B0L1O0wC&pg=PA151|title=NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011|author=John Maxymuk|page=151|isbn=9780786492954|date=July 30, 2012}}
Head coaching record
=College=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Centre Colonels
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Centre
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–24th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Centre
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 4–0–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Centre
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Centre Colonels
| conf = Dixie Conference / Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1931
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Centre
| overall = 8–2–1
| conference = 1–1 / 5–1
| confstanding = T–4th / 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Centre
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 2–1 / 4–1
| confstanding = T–3rd / T–7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = Centre
| overall = 7–3
| conference = 2–0 / 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd / T–8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = Centre
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–1 / 4–1
| confstanding = T–4th / T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Centre
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 0–0–1
| confstanding = 10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Centre Colonels
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1937
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Centre
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Centre
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Centre
| overall = 52–40–4
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southwestern Lynx
| conf = Dixie Conference
| startyear = 1938
| endyear = 1941
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1938
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1939
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 0–1
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 0–1
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southwestern
| overall = 17–15–4
| confrecord = 6–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 69–55–8
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Centre Praying Colonels football coach navbox}}
{{Rhodes Lynx football coach navbox}}
{{Brooklyn Dodgers coach navbox (NFL)}}
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