George Bohler
Bohler pictured in The 1929 Glomerata, Auburn yearbook | |
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Berks County, Pennsylvania | February 8, 1887
Died |
December 1968 (aged 81) Silver Spring, Maryland |
Playing career | |
1910–1914 | Washington State |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1925–1927 | Mississippi College |
1928–1929 | Auburn |
1930–1933 | Louisiana Tech |
1937 | Ole Miss (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1920–1923 | Oregon |
1928–1929 | Auburn |
1935–1938 | Ole Miss |
Baseball | |
1921–1923 | Oregon |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
35–37–1 (football) 96–81 (basketball) 11–43 (baseball) |
George Mohn "Doc" Bohler (February 8, 1887 – December 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College (1925–1927), Auburn University (1928–1929), and Louisiana Tech University (1930–1933), compiling a career college football record of 35–37–1. Bohler was also the head basketball coach at the University of Oregon (1920–1923), Auburn (1928–1929), and the University of Mississippi (1935–1938), amassing a career college basketball mark of 96–81, and served as the head baseball coach at Oregon (1921–1923), tallying a record of 11–43.
Bohler was born on February 8, 1887.[1] He died in December 1968 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was a brother of Fred Bohler.
Coaching career
From 1928 to 1929, Bohler coached football and basketball at Auburn. He compiled a 3–11 record with the Auburn Tigers football team and a 6–15 record with the basketball team. From 1930 to 1933, Bohler coached football at Louisiana Tech, where he had greater success. He posted a 15–17 record in four seasons. His 1931 team went undefeated at 7–0.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Mississippi College Choctaws (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925–1927) | |||||||||
1925 | Mississippi College | 2–6–1 | |||||||
1926 | Mississippi College | 7–3 | |||||||
1927 | Mississippi College | 8–0 | |||||||
Mississippi College: | 17–9–1 | ||||||||
Auburn Tigers (Southern Conference) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
1928 | Auburn | 1–8 | 0–7 | 23rd | |||||
1929 | Auburn | 2–3[n 1] | 0–3[n 1] | [n 1] | |||||
Auburn: | 3–11 | 0–10 | |||||||
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1930–1933) | |||||||||
1930 | Louisiana Tech | 3–6 | |||||||
1931 | Louisiana Tech | 7–0 | |||||||
1932 | Louisiana Tech | 4–4 | |||||||
1933 | Louisiana Tech | 1–7 | |||||||
Louisiana Tech: | 15–17 | ||||||||
Total: | 35–37–1 |
Notes
- 1 2 3 Johnny Floyd coached the last four games of the season.
References
- ↑ "Descendants of Melcher Bohler". Ancestry.com. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
External links
- George Bohler at the College Football Data Warehouse
- George Bohler as College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com