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Ray D. Hahn
Biographical details
Born(1897-11-19)November 19, 1897
Clay Center, Kansas, U.S.
DiedNovember 8, 1989(1989-11-08) (aged 91)
Lindsborg, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1922Kansas State
1926Hammond Pros
Basketball
1921–1923Kansas State
Position(s)Guard (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923Norton HS (KS)
1924–1927Downers Grove HS (IL)
1928Chadron Normal (assistant)
1929–1934South Dakota Mines
1938–1942Bethany (KS)
1943–1945Leavenworth HS (KS)
1946–1956Bethany (KS)
Basketball
1928–1929Chadron Normal
1930–1935South Dakota Mines
?Bethany (KS)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1938–1966Bethany (KS)
Head coaching record
Overall70–104–4 (college football)
40–49 (college basketball, excluding Bethany (KS))
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 KCAC (1946)

Basketball
1 KCAC regular season (1941)
Awards
Grantland Rice All-American team
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
NAIA Hall of Fame

Ray Dreyer Hahn (November 19, 1897 – November 8, 1989) was an American football and basketball player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as 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 and Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1938 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1956, compiling a career college football coaching record of 70–104–4.

Early life and playing career

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Hahn was born on, November 19, 1897 in Clay Center, Kansas. He served in the United States Army during World War I.[1]

Hahn attended Kansas State Agricultural College—now known as Kansas State University— in Manhattan, Kansas. There he participated in football, basketball, and track. He was the captain of the 1922 Kansas State Wildcats football team and was named to the Grantland Rice All-American team as a lineman.[2] He also played in three games, all starts, for the Hammond Pros of the National Football League in 1926.[3]

Coaching career

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Early coaching career

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Hahn began his coaching career at Norton High School in Norton County, Kansas in 1923.[4] The next year he moved on to Downers Grove High School in Downers Grove, Illinois.[5] In 1928, he was appointed head basketball coach at Chadron Normal College—now known as Chadron State College—in Chadron, Nebraska and assistant coach in football and track under Arthur R. Stark.[6]

South Dakota Mines

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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.[7]

Bethany

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Hahn returned to coaching after a two-year absence when he was hired in 1938 as the athletic director and coach of all sports at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas.[8] He served as the head football coach at Bethany for 19 seasons between 1938 and 1956, compiling a record of 55–77–4.[9] He took a leave of absence from 1943 to 1946 during World War II to coach and teach at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas.[10] Hahn stepped down as Bethany's head football coach in 1957 and was replaced by Hal Collins.[11] He remained Bethany's athletics director until 1966, when he was succeeded by Keith Rasmussen, the school's head football and track coach. Hahn continued as Bethany's head tennis and golf coach and as a professor of physical education.[12]

Legacy

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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.[2]

Family and death

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Hahn was married to Mildred M. Drebing on December 23, 1924, in Topeka, Kansas.[1] He died on November 8, 1989, at Lindsborg Community Hospital.[13]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
South Dakota Mines Hardrockers (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) (1929–1934)
1929 South Dakota Mines 3–4 3–2 5th
1930 South Dakota Mines 3–5 2–4 8th
1931 South Dakota Mines 2–5 2–3 T–7th
1932 South Dakota Mines 1–6 1–3 T–7th
1933 South Dakota Mines 4–3 3–1 4th
1934 South Dakota Mines 2–4 2–2 T–5th
South Dakota Mines: 15–27 13–15
Bethany Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1938–1942)
1938 Bethany 4–4 3–2 T–2nd
1939 Bethany 3–5–1 3–2–1 2nd
1940 Bethany 4–5 3–3 4th
1941 Bethany 1–7 1–5 T–5th
1942 Bethany 3–3–1 3–2–1 4th
Bethany Swedes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1946–1956)
1946 Bethany 6–2 5–1 1st
1947 Bethany 4–5 4–2 3rd
1948 Bethany 6–3 5–1 2nd
1949 Bethany 5–4 4–2 T–2nd
1950 Bethany 3–5–1 2–3–1 4th
1951 Bethany 4–5 2–4 5th
1952 Bethany 5–4 3–3 3rd
1953 Bethany 4–4 4–3 3rd
1954 Bethany 1–6–1 1–5–1 7th
1955 Bethany 1–8 1–6 7th
1956 Bethany 1–7 1–6 7th
Bethany: 55–77–4 46–50–4
Total: 70–104–4
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituaries". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. November 9, 1989. p. 2. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ a b "Hahn, Ray (Inducted 2005)". Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Ray Hahn". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "The Local News". The Times. Clay Center, Kansas. May 24, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Ray Hahn to Illinois". Manhattan Republic. Manhattan, Kansas. July 17, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "All Schools Will Open On Monday". Chadron Record. Chadron, Nebraska. September 7, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Past Seasons". South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Hardrockers football. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "Ex-Mines Mentor Builds Winners At Kansas College". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. August 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ DeLassus, David. "Bethany College Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  10. ^ "Name New Coach At Leavenworth". Atchison Daily Globe. Atchison, Kansas. Associated Press. May 15, 1946. p. 7. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Hahn Resigns As Swede Grid Coach". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. April 22, 1957. p. 14. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Bethany Makes Change". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. September 8, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Lindsborg pays tribute to Hahn". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. November 12, 1989. p. 20. Retrieved October 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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