American college coach and athletics administrator
Hank Crisp
Crisp at Alabama
Biographical details
Born
(1896-12-10)December 10, 1896 Crisp, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
January 23, 1970(1970-01-23) (aged 73) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1915–1916
Hampden–Sydney
1917–1920
VPI
Position(s)
Tackle, running back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1941
Alabama (line)
1945
Alabama (line)
1946
Miami Seahawks (assistant/HC)
1947–1949
Tulane (line)
1950–1957
Alabama (line)
Basketball
1924–1942
Alabama
1945–1946
Alabama
Baseball
1928
Alabama
Track
1921–1927
Alabama
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1930–1940
Alabama
1954–1957
Alabama
Head coaching record
Overall
264–133 (basketball) 12–7–2 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Basketball Premo-Porretta National (1930) SoCon regular season (1930) SEC tournament (1934) 2 SEC regular season (1939, 1940)
Henry Gorham Crisp (December 10, 1896 – January 23, 1970) was an American football, basketball, baseball and track coach and college athletics administrator. In spite of an accident when he was 13 years old that resulted in the loss of his right hand, Crisp went on to letter in football, basketball and track at both Hampden–Sydney College and Virginia Tech – then known primarily as VPI.
After completing his collegiate career, Crisp began his long coaching career at the University of Alabama. There he served as the head basketball coach (1924–1942, 1945–1946), baseball coach (1928), track coach (1921–1927), as a line coach with the football team (1921–1941, 1945, 1950–1957) and as athletic director (1930–1940, 1954–1957). Crisp also served as an assistant and interim head coach with the Miami Seahawks (1946) and as a line coach at Tulane (1947–1949).
1954–1957). Crisp also served as an assistant and interim head coach with the Miami Seahawks (1946) and as a line coach at Tulane (1947–1949). Henry "Hank" Gorham...
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includes Sewell-Thomas Stadium, Sam Bailey Track & Field Stadium, the HankCrisp Indoor Facility, the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility and the football building...
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Edward Funkhouser (1916) William Lybrook (1917; 1920) Wesley Bonney (1918) HankCrisp (1919) Rip Wallace (1921–1922) Arthur Roberts (1923–1924) Scotty MacArthur...
Edward Funkhouser (1916) William Lybrook (1917; 1920) Wesley Bonney (1918) HankCrisp (1919) Rip Wallace (1921–1922) Arthur Roberts (1923–1924) Scotty MacArthur...
Edward Funkhouser (1916) William Lybrook (1917; 1920) Wesley Bonney (1918) HankCrisp (1919) Rip Wallace (1921–1922) Arthur Roberts (1923–1924) Scotty MacArthur...
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only two touchdowns during its seven games. VPI's star player was Henry Crisp, a man without a right hand, who was ineligible for military service in...
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