Fred Honhart

Fred Honhart
Sport(s) Football, basketball
Biographical details
Born (1885-05-31)May 31, 1885
Warren, Pennsylvania
Died May 2, 1983(1983-05-02) (aged 97)
Detroit, Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1909–1911 Kansas State Normal
Basketball
1909–1912 Kansas State Normal
Head coaching record
Overall 13–8–2 (football)

Frederick L. Honhart (May 31, 1885 – May 2, 1983) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the seventh head football coach at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons, from 1909 until 1911. His record at ESU was 13–8–2.[1] He was the son of Charles and Mary Honhart.[2][3] In 1916, Fred Honhart graduated from the Louisville Medical College at Louisville, Kentucky with his medical degree.[4] He later moved to Detroit, Michigan later that year to practice medicine, where he remained for most of his life.[2]

In 1918, Honhart was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He was stationed at various Army hospitals to do "surgical work".[5] Honhart died in Detroit in 1983.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Emporia State University 2007 Football Media Guide
  2. 1 2
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  4. ↑ The Emporia Gazette,, June 3, 1916, Emporia, Kansas
  5. ↑ The Emporia Gazette,, September 10, 1938, Emporia, Kansas
  6. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZTB-NLS
  7. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JRLZ-Y23


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