Joseph Pipal
{{Short description|American sports coach (1874–1955)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Joseph Pipal
| image = Joseph Pipal 1918.jpeg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|1|18}}
| birth_place = Zachotín, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|8|10|1874|1|18}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = {{Circa|1900}}
| player_team2 = Beloit
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1902
| coach_team2 = Doane
| coach_years3 = 1903–1904
| coach_team3 = Bellevue (NE)
| coach_years4 = 1905
| coach_team4 = Huron
| coach_years5 = 1907
| coach_team5 = Dickinson
| coach_years6 = 1910
| coach_team6 = South Dakota
| coach_years7 = 1911–1915
| coach_team7 = Occidental
| coach_years8 = 1916–1917
| coach_team8 = Oregon Agricultural
| coach_years9 = 1921–1923
| coach_team9 = Occidental
| coach_sport10 = Basketball
| coach_years11 = 1910–1911
| coach_team11 = South Dakota
| overall_record = 50–35–3 (football)
7–3 (basketball)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 SCC (1915)
| awards =
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}}
Joseph Amos Pipal (January 18, 1874 – August 10, 1955) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College (1902), Huron University in 1905,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/884865912/|title=Huron College Athletics|date=August 17, 1905|access-date=July 28, 2023|newspaper=The Brookings Register}} Dickinson College (1907), the University of South Dakota (1910), Occidental College (1911–1915, 1921–1923), and Oregon State University (1916–1917), compiling a career college football record of 50–35–3. Pipal was credited with devising lateral pass and mud cleats for football shoes[https://archive.today/20120717004205/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1130090/5/index.htm Sports Illustrated] "A Roundup Of The Week's News" August 22, 1955 and in 1934 wrote a book titled The Lateral Pass: Technique and Strategy.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3672350 The Lateral Pass Technique and Strategy] by Joseph A. Pipal, 1934
Born in Zachotín, Austria-Hungary, Pipal attended Beloit College, the University of Chicago, and Yale University. Pipal competed in football and track and field for Beloit.{{cite web |title=Star at Beloit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-star-at-belo/159538725/ |publisher=Los Angeles Evening Express |access-date=22 November 2024 |page=22 |date=21 Jan 1916}} He died on August 10, 1955, of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, California.{{cite news |author= |title=Joseph Pipal Is Dead; Retired Track and Football Coach at Occidental Was 75 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/08/12/79137391.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 12, 1955 |access-date=July 31, 2016 }}
Coaching career
=Dickinson=
Pipal was the seventh head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1907 season.[http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029080109/http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |date=October 29, 2008 }} "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus" His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 2–6–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513071717/http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |archive-date=May 13, 2008 }}
=South Dakota=
Pipal coached for one year at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the 1910 season, the fourth coach on record at the school.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/greatwest/south_dakota/coaching_records.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211205153/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/greatwest/south_dakota/coaching_records.php |date=February 11, 2010 }} "University of South Dakota Coachin Records" His record was 5–2.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1874&year=1910 College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211733/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1874&year=1910 |date=May 25, 2011 }} "1910 South Dakota Football Results
=Oregon State University=
In 1916, Pipal took over as the head coach of Oregon State Beavers football, known then as Oregon Agricultural College.[http://www.oberheide.org/hargiss/1918%20OAC/Barometer/3Mar1933/3Mar1933_Gridiron%20history.htm OAC Barometer] "Gridiron History Makes Colorful Backgrounds", Hal Erne, March 3, 1933 In his first season as the head coach, Pipal coached the team to a 4–5 record. This season marked the first time Oregon State played the Nebraska Cornhuskers (on October 21 in Portland, Oregon) and the first road trip to Los Angeles, California to play the USC Trojans. OAC came up short against Nebraska, 17–7, but defeated the Trojans, 16–7.{{cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf3/79999.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724071547/http://www.osubeavers.com/pdf3/79999.pdf?ATCLID=153842&SPID=1952&DB_OEM_ID=4700&SPSID=27968|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2015|title=Oregon State Football Media Guide|access-date=January 7, 2008}} Pipal's second season at OAC saw the team go 4–2–1, outscoring their opponents 83–33.
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Doane Tigers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1902
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1902
| name = Doane
| overall = 2–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Doane
| overall = 2–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dickinson Red and White
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1907
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1907
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 3–6–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dickinson
| overall = 2–6–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Dakota Coyotes
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1910
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1910
| name = South Dakota
| overall = 5–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = South Dakota
| overall = 5–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Occidental Tigers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1911
| endyear = 1914
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1911
| name = Occidental
| overall = 2–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1912
| name = Occidental
| overall = 4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1913
| name = Occidental
| overall = 5–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1914
| name = Occidental
| overall = 4–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Occidental Tigers
| conf = Southern California Conference
| startyear = 1915
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1915
| name = Occidental
| overall = 7–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Agricultural Aggies
| conf = Northwest Conference / Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1916
| endyear = 1917
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1916
| name = Oregon Agricultural
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–2 / 0–2
| confstanding = 3rd / 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1917
| name = Oregon Agricultural
| overall = 4–2–1
| conference = 2–1–1 / 1–2–1
| confstanding = 2nd / 3rd
| bowlname =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon Agricultural
| overall = 8–7–1
| confrecord = 5–4–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Occidental Tigers
| conf = Southern California Conference
| startyear = 1921
| endyear = 1923
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1921
| name = Occidental
| overall = 2–4–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1922
| name = Occidental
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1923
| name = Occidental
| overall = 4–3
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Occidental
| overall = 33–17–1
| confrecord = 13–5–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 50–35–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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