Ernesto R. Knollin
 Knollin in 1927 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1888 Sandy Creek, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 7, 1981 (aged 93) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BA, MA) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924–1928 | San Jose State |
| Baseball | |
| 1925–1928 | San Jose State |
| Soccer | |
| 1918 | Stanford |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–22–2 (football) 27–14–1 (baseball) 0–2 (soccer) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 CCC (1928) | |
Ernesto Ray Knollin[1] (May 23, 1888 – June 7, 1981) was an American college sports coach and a physical education professor. He served as the head coach for both San Jose State's American football program from 1924 to 1928 and baseball program from 1925 to 1928. Additionally, he also served as head coach at Stanford's soccer program in 1918. Knollin then taught physical education at the University of Oregon from 1929 to 1966.
Early life and education
[edit]Knollin was born in Sandy Creek, New York[2] and raised in Auburn, New York, to parents Edward M. Knollin: a machinist and inventor and Clara Sadler.[3][4] Knollin had two sisters, Mattie and Luella, and an older brother named Herbert.[4][5]
Knollin had a variety of jobs growing up. Among those included working at The Auburn Citizen selling newspapers and pasting clippings, and on a ranch in Skaneateles, New York. He also worked as a tailor, a shoemaker, a lawnmower, and a doctor's assistant.[6]
On December 26, 1908, Knollin moved to California to, later, enroll at Stanford University.[7] Knollin then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford in 1914.[8] Knollin was a brother of both the Phi Delta Kappa and Phi Delta Epsilon fraternities.[6] Upon graduation, Knollin became both an instructor and acting director for the university's Department of Physical Education. Knollin held both positions until being enlisted in the U.S. military during World War I.[9]
Career
[edit]After World War I, Knollin resumed to his normal life by being the head soccer coach at Stanford in 1918, tallying a mark of 0–2.[10]
Knollin also resumed to being a physical education instructor at the University of Illinois from 1921 to 1923,[1] and then becoming a Department of Physical Education chair at Lowell High School in San Francisco.[6]
Knollin served as the head football coach at San Jose State University, from 1924 to 1928, compiling a record of 14–22–2. Knollin was also the head baseball coach at San Jose State, from 1925 to 1928, amassing a record of 27–14–1.[11]
After his last year as a coach, Knollin went back to Stanford to then receive a Master of Arts degree in 1929. At the same year, he then became a physical education professor the University of Oregon, where he became a professor emeritus of physical education until his retirement 1966.[8]
Personal life and death
[edit]Knollin married to Norwegian-American physical education instructor Edith Ueland in 1922.[12][13] The couple had one son named Bobray, and have lived in Dallas after Knollin's retirement until his death on June 7, 1981.[14]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose State Spartans (California Coast Conference) (1924–1928) | |||||||||
| 1924 | San Jose State | 1–4 | 0–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1925 | San Jose State | 2–5 | 2–4 | ||||||
| 1926 | San Jose State | 1–6–1 | 0–5–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1927 | San Jose State | 4–5 | 3–3 | ||||||
| 1928 | San Jose State | 6–2–1 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
| San Jose State: | 14–22–2 | 11–15–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–22–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b University of Illinois Annual register. Vol. 1920–21. Urbana [etc.], Ill: University of Illinois. pp. 28, 271, 388, 509.
- ^ New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Birth Index
- ^ Fuller, Marie (January 5, 1977). "The Depression". Sandy Creek News. Vol. 105, no. 41. Sandy Creek, NY: Journal Publishing Co., Inc. p. 2 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ a b Parsons, Marie (April 11, 1979). Hicks, Mary (ed.). "It Is Reported That". Sandy Creek News. Vol. 108, no. 3. Pulaski, New York: Richard T. Harding. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2025 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ "Edward Knollin". Sandy Creek News. Vol. 90, no. 3. Sandy Creek, NY. April 16, 1931. p. 6 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ a b c "Editorial Page of San Jose Mercury Herald". San Jose Mercury Herald. San Jose. January 18, 1927. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
- ^ Parsons, Marie (January 4, 1984). Hicks, Mary; Harding, Richard (eds.). "75 Years Ago - December 31, 1908". Pulaski, New York: Sandy Creek News. p. 4. Retrieved February 15, 2025 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ a b "University of Oregon Regular Session 1965-66 Catalog". Oregon State Board of Higher Education. March 1965. p. 34. hdl:1794/11341 – via University of Oregon Scholars' Bank.
- ^ Written at Palo Alto, CA. "Palo Alto Plans Dedication of Memorial Armistice Day". San Jose, CA: San Jose Mercury Herald. November 11, 1919. pp. 13, 15. Retrieved February 16, 2025 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ Annual Report of the President. Stanford University. 1918. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "2023 SJSU Baseball Record Book". SJSU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - San Jose State Spartans. p. 65. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
- ^ Hofstead, John (1931). "American Educators". American educators of Norwegian origin: a biographical dictionary. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Augsburg Publishing House. pp. 122–123 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Edith Ueland E. R. Knollin Wed". Roseburg News-Review. Vol. 25, no. 119. Roseburg, Oregon. July 18, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved April 12, 2025 – via University of Oregon Libraries.
- ^ Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982