Irl Tubbs
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1887–1970)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Irl Tubbs
| image = Irl Tubbs.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|2|12}}
| birth_place = Pulaski County, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|2|9|1887|2|12}}
| death_place = Kewanee, Illinois, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1910s
| player_team1 = William Jewell
| player_positions = Quarterback, end
| coach_years1 = 1923–1925
| coach_team1 = Superior Normal
| coach_years2 = 1928–1929
| coach_team2 = Superior State
| coach_years3 = 1935–1936
| coach_team3 = Miami (FL)
| coach_years4 = 1937–1938
| coach_team4 = Iowa
| overall_record = 13–18–3 (excluding Superior Normal/State)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 WIAC (1928)
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}}
Ira "Irl" Tubbs (February 12, 1887 – February 9, 1970)[http://www.mocavo.com/Irl-Tubbs-1887-1970-Social-Security-Death-Index/04073446669808782646 "IRL TUBBS (1887-1970)", SSDI] was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Superior State Teachers College, now known as the University of Wisconsin–Superior (1923–1925, 1928–1929), the University of Miami (1935–1936), and the University of Iowa (1937–1938).
Playing and coaching career
Tubbs played college football at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He was a quarterback and end for William Jewell in the late 1910s.
After graduation, Tubbs coached for two years in Missouri high schools before taking a coaching job at the University of Wisconsin–Superior.75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes, by Bert McCrane & Dick Lamb, Page 160 (ASIN: B0007E01F8) He was in Wisconsin for nine years from 1922 to 1930, although he was only able to coach for five seasons due to attacks of Malta fever.
At Wisconsin–Superior, Tubbs served as both athletic director and a coach of football and hockey. He coached from 1923 to 1925 and again in 1928 and 1929, leading his school to football championships his last two seasons. Tubbs was a renowned inventor, developing improvements to athletic equipment such as a special inverted air valve for a football and elastic padding for football pants.University of Iowa Football, by Chuck Bright, Pages 137 and 138 ({{ISBN|0-87397-233-3}})
Tubbs resigned from Wisconsin–Superior in 1930 after another bout of health problems and moved to Miami. While he was recovering there in 1935, the head football coaching job at the University of Miami opened, and Tubbs was hired to coach the Hurricanes. Tubbs coached the Hurricanes for two seasons in 1935 and 1936, where he compiled an 11–5–2 record. In both seasons, his Hurricane teams bowed out as potential hosts for New Year's Day bowl games.
Tubbs was then hired as the 14th head football coach at the University of Iowa. He coached two seasons at Iowa in 1937 and 1938. He had a record of just 2–13–1 at Iowa, with his wins coming over Bradley and Chicago. Tubbs' tenure at Iowa is best distinguished by his coaching of players who would star for Iowa's 1939 team, nicknamed the "Ironmen". Some of the players Tubbs coached included Nile Kinnick, an all-Big Ten Conference selection in 1937, and Erwin Prasse, an all-conference end in 1938.
Tubbs was inducted into the University of Wisconsin–Superior Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.{{cite web|url= http://www.uwsuper.edu/alumni/halloffame/ira-irl-tubbs_hof541546 |title= Wisconsin–Superior Hall of Fame}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Superior Normal Yellowjackets
| conf = Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1923
| endyear = 1925
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1923
| name = Superior Normal
| overall =
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1924
| name = Superior Normal
| overall =
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–6th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1925
| name = Superior Normal
| overall =
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–8th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Superior State Yellowjackets
| conf = Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1929
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1928
| name = Superior State
| overall =
| conference = 3–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Superior State
| overall =
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Superior Normal/State
| overall =
| confrecord = 11–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Miami Hurricanes
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = 1936
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Miami
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = T–15th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Miami
| overall = 6–2–2
| conference = 3–0
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Miami
| overall = 11–5–2
| confrecord = 4–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Iowa Hawkeyes
| conf = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = 1938
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Iowa
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 10th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Iowa
| overall = 1–6–1
| conference = 1–3–1
| confstanding = 8th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Iowa
| overall = 2–13–1
| confrecord = 1–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 13–18–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets football coach navbox}}
{{Miami Hurricanes football coach navbox}}
{{Iowa Hawkeyes football coach navbox}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football coaches
Category:Miami Hurricanes football coaches
Category:Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets athletic directors
Category:Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets football coaches
Category:Wisconsin–Superior Yellowjackets men's ice hockey coaches