Luke Urban

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Luke Urban

| image = Luke Urban.png

| alt =

| caption = Urban pictured in Sub Turri 1921, Boston College yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|3|22}}

| birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|7|1898|3|22}}

| death_place = Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1916–1917

| player_team2 = Boston College

| player_years3 = 1919–1920

| player_team3 = Boston College

| player_years4 = 1921–1923

| player_team4 = Buffalo All-Americans/Bisons

| player_sport5 = Basketball

| player_years6 = {{Circa|1920}}

| player_team6 = Boston College

| player_sport7 = Baseball

| player_years8 = c. 1920

| player_team8 = Boston College

| player_years9 = 1922–1923

| player_team9 = Buffalo Bisons

| player_years10 = 1924–1925

| player_team10 = Columbus Senators

| player_years11 = 1926–1927

| player_team11 = Toledo Mud Hens

| player_years12 = 1927–1928

| player_team12 = Boston Braves

| player_years13 = 1928–1929

| player_team13 = Buffalo Bisons

| player_years14 = 1931

| player_team14 = Springfield Ponies

| player_sport15 = Ice hockey

| player_years16 = c. 1920

| player_team16 = Boston College

| player_positions = End (football)
Catcher (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1921–1930

| coach_team2 = Canisius

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1918–1921

| coach_team4 = Boston College

| coach_years5 = 1921–1924

| coach_team5 = Canisius

| coach_years6 = 1925–1931

| coach_team6 = Canisius

| coach_years7 = 1940–1960

| coach_team7 = Durfee HS (MA)

| coach_sport8 = Baseball

| coach_years9 = 1948–1950

| coach_team9 = Fall River Indians

| overall_record = 46–27–7 (college football)
84–57 (college basketball)
247–91 (high school basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Basketball
4 Eastern Massachusetts Basketball (1947, 1948, 1952, 1956)
2 New England Basketball (1948, 1956)

| awards = Football
Consensus All-American (1920)
All-APFA (1920)
2× All-NFL (1922–1923)
Boston College Eagles Jersey retired

| coaching_records =

}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Luke Urban

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|mf=yes|1898|3|22}}

|birth_place=Fall River, Massachusetts

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1980|12|7|1898|3|22}}

|death_place=Somerset, Massachusetts

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 19

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1927}}

|debutteam=Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 21

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1928}}

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.273

|stat2label=Hits

|stat2value=35

|stat3label=RBIs

|stat3value=12

|teams=

Boston Braves ({{Baseball year|1927}}–{{Baseball year|1928}})

|highlights=

}}

Louis John "Luke" Urban (March 22, 1898 – December 7, 1980) was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. He played four seasons of professional football in the National Football League and two years of Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves. Urban was also a college football coach, a college and high school basketball coach, and a minor league baseball manager.

Playing career

=College=

Urban played football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles. He was a captain for the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was a member of the 1920 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web |url=http://bceagles.cstv.com/genrel/urban_louisluke00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120035355/http://bceagles.cstv.com/genrel/urban_louisluke00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |title=Louis Urban |accessdate=December 11, 2009 }}

=Football=

Urban played end for the Buffalo All-Americans from 1921 to 1924. He was named to the Buffalo Evening News All-APFA Team in 1921, George Halas' All-NFL Team in 1922, and the Collyers Eye Magazine and Canton Daily News All-NFL Team in 1923.{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UrbaLu20.htm |title=Louis Urban |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=December 11, 2009 }}

=Baseball=

Urban signed with the New York Yankees and played for their minor league teams in Buffalo and Columbus. He made the Major Leagues in 1927 with the Boston Braves. He appeared in 35 games for the Braves that season.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/urbanlu01.shtml |title=Luke Urban Player Page |accessdate=December 11, 2009 }} Urban refused to report to spring training in 1928 as part of a contract holdout. He eventually reported to camp late.{{cite news |title=Practice Games To Keep Yankees |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GRgOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X30DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2782,738575&dq |work=The Evening Independent |date=March 5, 1928 |accessdate=December 11, 2009}} On June 22, 1928, he was traded with Jimmy Cooney and Johnny Werts for Bonnie Hollingsworth. He played for Buffalo from 1928 to 1930 and the Springfield Ponies in 1931, and the Hartford Senators from 1931 to 1932.

=Basketball=

Urban played basketball for Worcester Five of the Inter-State Basketball League in 1921.{{cite news |title=Well-Known Stars Of Court Here Saturday |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/739570282.html?dids=739570282:739570282&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+29%2C+1921&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Well-Known+Stars+Of+Court+Here+Saturday&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024083432/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/739570282.html?dids=739570282:739570282&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+29,+1921&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Well-Known+Stars+Of+Court+Here+Saturday&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |work=The Hartford Courant |date=November 29, 1921 |accessdate=December 11, 2009}}

Coaching career

Urban served as Boston College's head basketball coach during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.

Following his graduation, Urban was offered the position of head football coach at Creighton University, but turned down the offer in order to play professional football.{{cite news |title=Urban Asked to Coach. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9803E2DC163BE533A25754C0A9649D946195D6CF |work=The New York Times |date=December 7, 1920 |accessdate=December 11, 2009}} From 1921 to 1930, he was the head basketball and football coach at Canisius College. His football teams had a record of 46–27–7 record, with of his eight clubs having a record of .500 or better. He was the school's winningest football coach until he was passed by Tom Hersey in 1990.

Urban was the head basketball coach at Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts from 1940 to 1960. He had a 247–91 record with the Hilltoppers and won two New England championships.{{cite news |author=Doug Chapman |title=The doors to the Hall of Fame to be opened early for Karam |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/599194291.html?dids=599194291:599194291&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10%2C+1988&author=DOUG+CHAPMAN&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=The+doors+to+the+Hall+of+Fame+to+be+opened+early+for+Karam&pqatl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024083449/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/599194291.html?dids=599194291:599194291&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10,+1988&author=DOUG+CHAPMAN&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=The+doors+to+the+Hall+of+Fame+to+be+opened+early+for+Karam&pqatl |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |work=Providence Journal |date=April 10, 1988 |accessdate=December 11, 2009}}

Urban was the manager of the Fall River Indians of the New England League from 1948 to 1950.

Honors

Urban was inducted into the MBCA Hall of Fame in 1965, the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Canisius College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1976.{{cite web |url=http://www.gogriffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20500&ATCLID=1482724 |title=Canisius College Athletics Hall of Fame |accessdate=December 11, 2009 }} Durfee High's gymnasium was named the Luke Urban Field House in honor of Urban.

Head coaching record

=College football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Canisius Golden Griffins

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = 1925

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1921

| name = Canisius

| overall = 4–3–2

| conference =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1922

| name = Canisius

| overall = 5–2–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1923

| name = Canisius

| overall = 8–1

| conference =

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1924

| name = Canisius

| overall = 4–3

| conference =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1925

| name = Canisius

| overall = 4–4

| conference =

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Canisius Golden Griffins

| conf = Western New York Little Three Conference

| startyear = 1926

| endyear = 1930

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1926

| name = Canisius

| overall = 2–5–1

| conference =

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| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1927

| name = Canisius

| overall = 7–1

| conference =

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| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = Canisius

| overall = 5–1–1

| conference =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Canisius

| overall = 3–4–1

| conference =

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| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = Canisius

| overall = 4–3–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Canisius

| overall = 46–27–7

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 46–27–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

=College basketball=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start

| type = coach

| conference =

| postseason =

| poll = no

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Boston College Eagles

| conference =

| startyear = 1918

| endyear = 1921

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1918–19

| name = Boston College

| overall = 4–1

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1919–20

| name = Boston College

| overall = 5–3

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1920–21

| name = Boston College

| overall = 7–6

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Boston College

| overall = 16–10

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Canisius Golden Griffins

| conference =

| startyear = 1921

| endyear = 1924

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1921–22

| name = Canisius

| overall = 6–4

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1922–23

| name = Canisius

| overall = 10–4

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1923–24

| name = Canisius

| overall = 8–1

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Canisius Golden Griffins

| conference =

| startyear = 1925

| endyear = 1931

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1925–26

| name = Canisius

| overall = 5–8

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1926–27

| name = Canisius

| overall = 9–5

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1927–28

| name = Canisius

| overall = 8–5

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1928–29

| name = Canisius

| overall = 7–5

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1929–30

| name = Canisius

| overall = 5–12

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| season = 1930–31

| name = Canisius

| overall = 10–5

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Canisius

| overall = 68–47

| conference =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 84–57

| legend = no

}}

References

External links

{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=u/urbanlu01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=urban-001lou}}
{{Footballstats |nfl=luke-urban |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=U/UrbaLu20 |rotoworld= }}
{{Find a Grave|37025443}}

Category:1898 births

Category:1980 deaths

Category:All-American college football players

Category:American football ends

Category:American men's basketball coaches

Category:American men's basketball players

Category:American men's ice hockey goaltenders

Category:Baseball players from Fall River, Massachusetts

Category:Basketball coaches from Massachusetts

Category:Basketball players from Massachusetts

Category:Boston Braves players

Category:Boston College Eagles football players