Jack Hovater

{{Short description|American football player (1897–1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox college football player

| school = Alabama Crimson Tide

| pastschools = Alabama (1916–1917; 1919–1922)|

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|8|31}}

| birth_place = Russellville, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|4|9|1897|8|31}}

| death_place = Dothan, Alabama, U.S.

| weight_lb = 190

| currentposition = Halfback, quarterback, tackle

| highlights =

• All-Southern (1919; 1922)

}}

Jack Hovater (August 31, 1897 – April 9, 1965) was an American college football player and high school football coach.{{cite web|url=http://bryantmuseum.com/playerDetail.asp?ID=666|title=Jack Hovater|access-date=August 28, 2015|archive-date=November 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118212152/http://bryantmuseum.com/playerDetail.asp?ID=666|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/gamesbyyear.asp?year=1945&Team=Dothan|title=Dothan Tigers}} He was also once president of the Alabama State League.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19471008&id=UP8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3MYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3348,391459&hl=en|work=Times Daily|date=October 8, 1947|title=Postponement of Play-Off Games Brings Reprimand}} Hovater was a prominent running back and tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide; twice selected All-Southern{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1937357//|work=Atlanta Constitution|date=December 3, 1922|accessdate=March 7, 2015|page=5|title=Teams Selected By Various Scribes|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} and captain of the 1917 team. He played with two other Hovater brothers on the 1916 team. He and Ike Boone were ends on the 1919 team.{{cite book|author=Fuzzy Woodruff|page=100|volume=2|title=A History of Southern Football}}

Hovater later coach football and taught at Dothan High School in Dothan, Alabama. He died on April 9, 1965, at his home in Dothan.{{cite news |author= |title=Hovater Dies; Funeral Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-dothan-eagle-obituary-for-jack-hovat/133622081/ |newspaper=Dothan Eagle |location=Dothan, Alabama |date=April 11, 1965 |page=1 |access-date=October 17, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}