Greg Kabat

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1911–1994)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|5|21}}

| birth_place = Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|1|12|1911|5|21}}

| death_place = Malheur County, Oregon, U.S.

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| position1 = Running back

| position2 = Guard

| position3 = Flying wing

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| college = University of Wisconsin

| playing_years1 = 1933–1940

| playing_team1 = Winnipeg 'Pegs/Blue Bombers

| playing_years2 = 1941

| playing_team2 = Vancouver Grizzlies

| career_highlights =

2× Grey Cup champion (1935, 1939)
2× Third-team All-American (1931, 1932)
3× First-team All-Big Ten (1930, 1931, 1932)

| CFHOF = greg-kabat

| CFHOFYear = 1966

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Gregory Stanley Kabat (May 21, 1911 – January 12, 1994) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He played Canadian football professionally as a running back for eight seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (NFL). He helped the Blue Bombers to two Grey Cup championships in 1935 and 1939. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin, where he was named to the 1932 College Football All-America Team as a guard. Kabat later coached football at Vancouver College, the University of British Columbia, and Cantwell High School in Montebello, California. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1966.

Coaching career

In 1948, Kabat was hired at the head football and head track coach at Cantwell High School in Montebello, California.{{cite news |author= |title=Greg Kabat Is Leaving Coach Grid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113616106/calgary-herald/ |newspaper=Calgary Herald |location=Calgary, Alberta |agency=The Canadian Press |date=August 24, 1948 |page=17 |access-date=November 25, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He resigned as football and track coach in 1966, but remained a member of the teaching faculty at the school.{{cite news |author= |title=Cantwell Signs Grid Mentor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113616412/the-tidings/ |newspaper=The Tidings |location=Los Angeles, California |date=February 26, 1966 |page=15 |access-date=November 25, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195104/http://www.uwathletics.com/hall_of_fame/year.aspx?HOFID=105 University of Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame profile]
{{Find a Grave|41094756}}

Category:1911 births

Category:1994 deaths

Category:Players of Canadian football from Wisconsin

Category:American football guards

Category:UBC Thunderbirds football coaches

Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers coaches

Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players

Category:Wisconsin Badgers football players

Category:High school football coaches in California

Category:High school track and field coaches in the United States

Category:Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees

Category:Coaches of American football from Wisconsin

Category:Players of American football from Wisconsin