Walt Hackett
Biographical details | |
---|---|
Born | c. 1923 Tuscola, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | (1971-04-24)April 24, 1971 (aged 47) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
c. 1949 | Whittier |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1956 | Bellflower HS (CA) |
1957–1958 | Cerritos College (assistant) |
1959–1961 | Baylor (assistant) |
1962–1966 | San Diego Chargers (DL) |
1968 | UC San Diego |
1969–1970 | Pittsburgh Steelers (DL) |
Walter W. Hackett (c. 1923 – April 24, 1971) was an American football coach. He served as the defensive line coach for the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL) from 1962 to 1966 and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1970.[1] Hackett was the head football coach at the University of California, San Diego during that school's lone season with a football program, in 1968.[2]
Hackett attended Ramona High School in Ramona, San Diego County, California, where he played high school football. He played four years of college football at Whittier College in Whittier, California under head coach Wallace Newman.[3] Hackett died at the age of 47, on April 24, 1971, in Long Beach, California, after collapsing as he prepared to scout the Long Beach State football team.[4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UC San Diego Tritons (Independent) (1968) | |||||||||
1968 | UC San Diego | 0–7 | |||||||
UC San Diego: | 0–7 | ||||||||
Total: | 0–7 |
References
- ^ "Walter Hackett". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ "A San Diego Football Flashback: UCSD's 1968 Pigskin Experiment" (PDF). calwesternfootball.com. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ Roggia, Paul (April 27, 1971). "Hackett's contributions remembers in Cerritos". Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. p. C3. Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Walt Hackett Dies, Steeler Line Coach". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. April 25, 1971. p. 90. Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- v
- t
- e
- 18 Tobin Rote
- 19 Lance Alworth
- 20 Gerry McDougall
- 21 John Hadl
- 22 Keith Lincoln
- 23 Paul Lowe
- 24 Keith Kinderman
- 25 Dick Westmoreland
- 27 Charlie McNeil
- 29 Jerry Robinson
- 36 Dick Harris
- 38 Jacque MacKinnon
- 39 George Blair
- 40 Bobby Jackson
- 43 Gary Glick
- 47 Bud Whitehead
- 50 Chuck Allen
- 52 Don Rogers
- 55 Frank Buncom
- 56 Emil Karas
- 57 Bobby Lane
- 60 Sam DeLuca
- 61 Ernie Park
- 64 Pat Shea
- 65 Sam Gruneisen
- 74 Ron Mix
- 75 Ernie Wright
- 76 Henry Schmidt
- 77 Ernie Ladd
- 78 Walt Sweeney
- 79 George Gross
- 82 Bob Mitinger
- 83 Dave Kocourek
- 84 Paul Maguire
- 85 Bob Petrich
- 86 Earl Faison
- 88 Don Norton
- 89 Reggie Carolan
- Head coach Sid Gillman
- Coaches
- Walt Hackett
- Joe Madro
- Chuck Noll
- Bones Taylor
This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e