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Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson (July 4, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Jun 10, 1991 · Howard (Hobby) Hobson, who coached the University of Oregon basketball team to the first National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball championship in 1939 and was a member of the...
Jun 9, 1991 · Howard Hobson was a star athlete, coach, author, and administrator in basketball. He led Oregon to the first NCAA title in 1939 and Yale to five Big Three crowns, and pioneered intersectional play in both schools.
Mar 31, 2017 · Howard Hobson, the coach when the Ducks won the 1939 N.C.A.A. title, tested the long-range shot during a scrimmage six years later. It took a while to catch on.
Learn about Howard Hobson, who coached the University of Oregon to the 1939 NCAA Championship and invented the match-up zone defense. He also wrote a groundbreaking book on basketball rules and strategies and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Mar 27, 1988 · The University of Oregon won the first NCAA basketball final in a rickety gym on a raised floor that forced players and coaches to crane their necks to see the action. The tournament lost $2,600...
Hobson finished his career at Yale, but returned to Oregon for the remainder of his life. By then, it was clear, Hobby knew basketball. His book, Shooting Ducks, is the most complete chronicle of Oregon basketball through the 1980s.
