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Walter R. "Rip" Van Winkle (May 6, 1900 – January 6, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College, when its campus was located in Winchester, Kentucky, from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 13–11–3. Van Winkle was also the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 6, 1900 Oakley, Kentucky |
| Died | January 6, 1994 (aged 93) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1920 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1920 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1920 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1922 | Winchester Dodgers |
| 1924 | Winchester Dodgers |
| Position(s) | Shortstop (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1927 | Kentucky Wesleyan (freshmen) |
| 1928–1930 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1932–1936 | Highlands HS (KY) |
| Basketball | |
| 1928–1932 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1937–1939 | Cincinnati |
| 1939–1942 | Miami (OH) |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1930 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 1937–1938 | Cincinnati |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1932 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–11–3 (college football) |
A native of London, Kentucky, Van Winkle played football, basketball, and baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan and Minor League Baseball with the Winchester Dodgers of the Blue Grass League. He left Kentucky Wesleyan in 1932 to become athletic director and head football coach at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.[1]
Van Winkle died on January 6, 1994, in Milwaukee.[2]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1930) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 6–3 | 2–3 | T–18th | |||||
| 1929 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 5–4 | 1–3 | T–22nd | |||||
| 1930 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 2–4–3 | 2–1–1 | 10th | |||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan: | 13–11–3 | 5–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–11–3 | ||||||||
References
- ""Rip" On Way". The Kentucky Post. Covington, Kentucky. August 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
. - Hewlett, Jennifer (January 8, 1994). "Walter Rip Van Winkle, longtime coach, dies at 93". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. B2. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Rip Van Winkle at Find a Grave
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