Hugo Bezdek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugo Bezdek

Czech American sports coach

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1884

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1952

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hugo Francis Bezdek (April 1, 1884 – September 19, 1952) was a Czech American athlete who played American football and was a coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
He was the head football coach at the University of Oregon (1906, 1913–1917), the University of Arkansas (1908–1912), Pennsylvania State University (1918–1929), and Delaware Valley College (1949).
Bezdek also coached the Mare Island Marines in the 1918 Rose Bowl and the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1937 and part of the 1938 season.
In addition, Bezdek coached basketball at Oregon (1906–1907, 1913–1917) and Penn State (1919), coached baseball at Arkansas (1909–1913), Oregon (1914–1917) and Penn State (1920–1930), and served as the manager of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates (1917–1919).
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.