Philip Heckman Arbuckle (September 6, 1882 – June 11, 1932) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Shurtleff College in Alton, Illinois in 1906, Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas from 1908 to 1911, Rice University from 1912 to 1917 and 1919 to 1923, and Louisiana Tech University in 1924. At Rice he tallied a 51–25–8 record. His 1919 Rice team went 8–1, to mark his best season. His only losing season at Rice came in 1923. In 1924, he coached at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled a 1–6–1 record.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 6, 1882 Kingston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 1932 (aged 49) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906 | Shurtleff |
| 1908–1911 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1912–1917 | Rice |
| 1919–1923 | Rice |
| 1924 | Louisiana Tech |
| Basketball | |
| 1910–1912 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1922–1923 | Rice |
| Baseball | |
| 1908–1911 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1913–1917 | Rice |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1908–1912 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 1912–1924 | Rice |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 62–48–16 (football) 13–10 (basketball) 71–75–8 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football TIAA (1921) | |
Coaching career
editIn 1906, Arbuckle began his coaching career at Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois and also coached the football team at Shurtleff College, located in the same city.[1]
Rice
editArbuckle served as Rice University's first athletic director and football coach in 1912. His teams played against local high schools until Rice joined the Southwest Conference in 1914.[2] Arbuckle also served as the head coach of the baseball, basketball and track teams and taught English and history. He was succeeded by John Heisman in 1924 and inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975.[3]
Death
editArbuckle died in Houston, Texas on June 11, 1932, of cardiovascular disease.[4]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shurtleff (Independent) (1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Shurtleff | 2–4–2 | |||||||
| Shurtleff: | 2–4–2 | ||||||||
| Southwestern Pirates (Independent) (1908–1911) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Southwestern | 3–2 | |||||||
| 1909 | Southwestern | 1–4–2 | |||||||
| 1910 | Southwestern | 2–4–1 | |||||||
| 1911 | Southwestern | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| Southwestern: | 8–13–5 | ||||||||
| Rice Grays (Independent) (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Rice | 3–2 | |||||||
| Rice Grays/Owls (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913–1914) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Rice | 4–0 | |||||||
| 1914 | Rice | 3–2–3 | |||||||
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Rice | 5–3 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1916 | Rice | 6–1–2 | 2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1917 | Rice | 7–1 | 1–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference / Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919–1923) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Rice | 8–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1920 | Rice | 4–2–2 | 2–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1921 | Rice | 4–4–1 | 1–2–1 / 3–0 | 6th / 1st | |||||
| 1922 | Rice | 4–4 | 1–4 / 1–0 | 7th | |||||
| 1923 | Rice | 3–5 | 1–4 / 2–1 | 7th / T–3rd | |||||
| Rice: | 51–25–8 | ||||||||
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Louisiana Tech | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 1–6–1 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 62–48–16 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Basketball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922–23 | Rice | 10–9 | |||||||
| Rice: | 10–9 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–9 | ||||||||
Baseball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Owls (Independent) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Rice | 3–3 | |||||||
| Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1914–1917) | |||||||||
| 1914 | Rice | 8–8–1 | |||||||
| 1915 | Rice | 5–13 | |||||||
| 1916 | Rice | 2–9 | 2–9 | ||||||
| 1917 | Rice | 8–5–1 | |||||||
| Rice: | 26–38–2 | 8–24–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 26–38–2 | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Rice Institute Coach". The Houston Post. Houston, Texas. October 6, 1912. p. 43. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Rogers, Karen Hess; Pecht, Lee; Bath, Alan Harris (September 1, 2012). Rice University: One Hundred Years in Pictures. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781603447546. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Department, Rice University Athletics. "Guide to the Rice University athletic records, 1912-2006 Part 1 of 2: Series I - III". Legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
- ^ "Phil Arbuckle Summoned At Houston Home". Belvidere Daily Republican. Belvidere, Illinois. June 13, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved September 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
