Ray D. Hahn

Ray Dreyer Hahn (November 19, 1897 – November 8, 1989) was an American football and basketball player and coach.

Ray D. Hahn
Biographical details
Born(1897-11-19)November 19, 1897
Clay Center, Kansas
DiedNovember 8, 1989(1989-11-08) (aged 91)
Lindsborg, Kansas
Playing career
Football
1920–1922Kansas State
Basketball
1921–1923Kansas State
Position(s)Lineman (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929–1934South Dakota Mines
1938–1956Bethany (KS)
Basketball
1930–1935South Dakota Mines
Head coaching record
Overall70–104–4 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Grantland Rice All-American team
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
NAIA Hall of Fame

Playing career

Hahn attended Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) in Manhattan, Kansas. While at Kansas State, he participated in football, basketball, and track. He was the captain of the 1922 Aggies football team and was named to the Grantland Rice All-American team as a lineman.[1]

Coaching career

South Dakota Mines

Hahn was the head football coach at the South Dakota School of Mines—now known as South Dakota School of Mines and Technology—from 1929 to 1934, compiling a record of 15–27.[2]

Bethany

Hahn was the head football coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas for 19 seasons, from 1938 until 1956, compiling a record of 55–77–4.[3]

Other coaching duties

Hahn began his coaching career at Norton High School in 1923. He also coached in Downers Grove, Illinois, Nebraska Teachers College of Chadron (now called Chadron State College), and South Dakota School of Mines. Hahn went to Bethany College in 1938 as a basketball, football and tennis coach. He did take a leave of absence from 1943 through 1945 during World War II to teach at Leavenworth.[1]

Legacy

The Bethany College gymnasium was named the Hahn Physical Education Building in his honor. Hahn was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics of Fame in 1966, an organization he helped to start as the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball, the predecessor to the NAIA.[1]

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References
  1. "Hahn, Ray (Inducted 2005)". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  2. "Past Seasons". South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Hardrockers football. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. DeLassus, David. "Bethany College Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
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