Talmadge Hill

Talmadge Layman "Marse" Hill (May 19, 1902 – March 8, 1982) was the head basketball coach and an assistant football coach at Morgan State College, from the 1930s to the 1960s.

For the Metro-North station in New Canaan, Connecticut, see Talmadge Hill station.

Talmadge Hill

Biographical details
Born	(1902-05-19)May 19, 1902 East Orange, New Jersey
Died	March 8, 1982(1982-03-08) (aged 79) Baltimore, Maryland
Playing career
Football
1924–1927	Morgan State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1948–1960	Morgan State
Head coaching record
Overall	149–128
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 CIAA (1949, 1956)

Early life

Hill was born in East Orange, New Jersey.[1] He graduated from Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University in 1928. Hill played college football for the Morgan State Bears. In a game versus Lincoln, he was tackled by a player from Lincoln's bench as he was streaking down the sideline for the apparent winning touchdown. Morgan eventually was awarded the touchdown and won the game.[1] After his career at Morgan, Hill earned a master's degree at Columbia University and then returned to Morgan as a teacher and assistant coach in 1930.[2][3] Hill was hired as a professor and taught biology.[4]

Coaching career

Early in his coaching career at Morgan, Hill was the assistant to Edward P. Hurt in football, basketball and track. He took over head coaching responsibilities for the basketball team in 1948 and served as the head coach until 1960. Hill was described as a conservative coach and one who did not like "fancy" ball handlers playing for him.

Late life and death

Hill retired from coaching in 1964 and was named professor emeritus of health and physical education in 1972. He died on March 8, 1982, at Provident Hospital in Baltimore, after suffering a series of strokes.[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Wins	Losses	Highlites
1948	15	9
1949	6	9
1950	13	11
1951	6	13
1952	10	13
1953	17	10
1954	15	5
1955	13	14
1956	17	11
1957	9	10
1958	11	8
1959	11	4
1960	5	11
CAREER TOTAL	149	128

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Awards and honors

The Talmadge L. Hill Fieldhouse on the campus of Morgan State University

• 1969: named to the Maryland Commission on Physical Fitness[7]
• 1972: elected to the Morgan State University Athletic Hall of Fame
• 1974: Morgan State University field house (pictured) named in his honor[8]
• 1975: inducted into The Pigskin Club Hall of Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame[9]
• 1978: inducted into the HBCU Hall of Fame
• Chairman of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Steering and Planning Committee and the league's first president
• The MEAC men's all-sports award is named for Hill[10]

References

1. Patterson, Ted (2000). Football In Baltimore. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 304. ISBN 0-8018-6424-0. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
2. "The Talmadge L. Hill Field House" (PDF). Morgan Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
3. Wade, Herman L. (June 1, 2004). Run From There. United States: Word Association. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-932205-78-7. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
4. "The First Colored Professional, Clerical and Business Directory of Baltimore City 19th Annual Edition, 1931-1932". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
5. "Talmadge Hill, ex-coach, dies at 79". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. March 10, 1982. p. 13. Retrieved August 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "MSU Coaches' Records" (PDF). Morgan State University Sports Information Office. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
7. "Commission on Physical Fitness". Maryland Manual. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
8. "Hurt Gymnasium". Morgan state University. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
9. "Hall of Fame". The Pigskin Club Hall of Washington, D.C. Retrieved July 24, 2008.
10. "Pigskin Club Honors Asberry & Ellis in Nation's Capital". Shaw University. Retrieved July 24, 2008.

External links

• Talmadge Hill at Find a Grave