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{{Short description|American football player, coach, and professor (1909–1982)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = George Van Bibber
| image =
| alt =
| birth_date caption = 1909
| birth_date = 1909
| birth_place =
| birth_place =
| death_date = August 3, 1982
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|8|3|1909}}
| death_place = [[Willimantic, Connecticut]]
| death_place = [[Willimantic, Connecticut]], U.S.
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| current_team alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1928–1930
| current_title =
| player_team1 = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
| current_record =
| player_positions = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]]
| overall_record = 16–19–3
| coach_years1 = 1931–1933
| awards =
| coach_team1 = [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central State (MI)]]
| championships =
| coach_years2 = 1934–1935
| CFbDWID = 169
| coach_team2 = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]]
| player_years = 1928–1930
| admin_years1 = 1934–1936
| player_teams = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]]
| admin_team1 = [[Buffalo Bulls|Buffalo]]
| player_positions = [[Tackle (American football)|Tackle]]
| admin_years2 = 1936–1950
| coach_years = 1931&ndash;1933<br>1934&ndash;1935
| admin_team2 = [[Connecticut Huskies|Connecticut]]
| coach_teams = [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central Michigan]]<br>[[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]]
| overall_record = 16–19–3
| CFBHOF_year =
| CFBHOF_id bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards =
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1930 College Football All-America Team|1930]])
* First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1930 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1930]])
* Second-team All-Big Ten ([[1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1929]])
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Edward George Van Bibber''' (1909 &ndash;– August 3, 1982) was an [[American football]] player, coach, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at [[Central Michigan University]] from 1931 to 1933 and at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]] from 1934 to 1935, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 16&ndash;19&ndash;316–19–3. Van Bibber joined the faculty of the [[University of Connecticut]] in 1936 and was the director of the School of Physical Education there before retiring in 1969. He died on August 3, 1982, at the age of 73 after suffering a heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=E. GEORGEGeorge VANVan BIBBER |author=Bibber |url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/05/obituaries/e-george-van-bibber.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 5, 1982 |accessdateaccess-date=January 25, 2011}}</ref>
 
In 1936, Van Bibber coached the first full season of [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]], finishing with a record of 0–6.<ref>{{cite news |title=1935-1936 Buffalo Bulls Wrestling |url=http://armdrag.com/matburn?team=91&year=1936 |access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>
 
Van Bibber was an alumnus of [[Purdue University]], lettering in [[baseball]] and football. He was a member of the 1930 [[Big Ten Conference]] champion football team and was awarded the 1931 Big Ten Medal of Honor; other notable recipients include: [[John Wooden]], [[Hank Stram]], [[Bob Griese]], [[Mike Phipps]] and [[Jim Everett]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purduesports.com/trads/pur-allhonors.html |title=PURDUESPORTS.COM - Purdue Official Athletic Site - Traditions |access-date=May 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084333/http://www.purduesports.com/trads/pur-allhonors.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
He was an Alumnus of [[Purdue University]], lettering in baseball and football. He was a member of the 1930 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] Champion football team and was awarded the 1931 '''Big Ten Medal of Honor'''; other notable recipients include: [[John Wooden]], [[Hank Stram]], [[Bob Griese]], [[Mike Phipps]] and [[Jim Everett]].<ref>http://www.purduesports.com/trads/pur-allhonors.html</ref>.
==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach |poll team =both |team conf = | bowl = |conf poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead|name=[[Central Michigan]]|startyear=1931|endyear=1933|conf=Independent}}
| name = [[Central Michigan Chippewas football|Central State Bearcats]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1931
| endyear = 1933
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year championship = 1931
| nameyear = Central[[1931 Michigancollege football season|1931]]
| name = [[1931 Central State Bearcats football team|Central State]]
| overall = 4&ndash;3
| conferenceoverall = 4–3
| confstandingconference =
| bowlnameconfstanding = =
| bowloutcomebowlname =
| bowlscorebowloutcome = =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bcsbowlranking = no
| ranking ranking2 = no
| ranking2 =
| championship =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year championship = 1932
| nameyear = Central[[1932 Michigancollege football season|1932]]
| name = [[1932 Central State Bearcats football team|Central State]]
| overall = 3&ndash;4&ndash;1
| conferenceoverall = 3–4–1
| confstandingconference =
| bowlnameconfstanding = =
| bowloutcomebowlname =
| bowlscorebowloutcome = =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bcsbowlranking = no
| ranking ranking2 = no
| ranking2 =
| championship =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year championship = 1933
| nameyear = Central[[1933 Michigancollege football season|1933]]
| name = [[1933 Central State Bearcats football team|Central State]]
| overall = 5&ndash;2&ndash;1
| conferenceoverall = 5–2–1
| confstandingconference =
| bowlnameconfstanding = =
| bowloutcomebowlname =
| bowlscorebowloutcome = =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bcsbowlranking = no
| ranking ranking2 = no
}}
| ranking2 =
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| championship =
| name = Central State
| overall = 12–9–2
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo Bulls]]
| conf = [[New York State Conference]]
| startyear = 1934
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=Central Michigan|overall=12&ndash;9&ndash;2}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year championship = 1934
| nameyear = Buffalo[[1934 college football season|1934]]
| name = [[1934 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
| overall = 2&ndash;4&ndash;1
| conferenceoverall = 2–4–1
| confstandingconference =
| bowlnameconfstanding = =
| bowloutcomebowlname =
| bowlscorebowloutcome = =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bcsbowlranking = no
| ranking ranking2 = no
}}
| ranking2 =
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| championship =
| name = [[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo Bulls]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year championship = 1935
| nameyear = Buffalo[[1935 college football season|1935]]
| name = [[1935 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]
| overall = 2&ndash;6
| conferenceoverall = 2–6
| confstandingconference =
| bowlnameconfstanding = =
| bowloutcomebowlname =
| bowlscorebowloutcome = =
| bowloppbcsbowl =
| bcsbowlranking = no
| ranking ranking2 = no
}}
| ranking2 =
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| championship =
| name = Buffalo
| overall = 4–10–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 16–19–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal|name=Buffalo|overall=4&ndash;10&ndash;1}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End||legend=no|overall=16&ndash;19&ndash;3}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Central Michigan Chippewas football coach navbox}}
==External links==
* {{CFBCR|169|George Van Bibber}}
 
{{Buffalo Bulls athletic director navbox}}
{{Buffalo Bulls football coach navbox}}
{{CentralConnecticut MichiganHuskies Chippewasathletic football coachdirector navbox}}
 
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Van Bibber, George
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player and coach
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1909
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = August 3, 1982
| PLACE OF DEATH = Willimantic, Connecticut
}}
 
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[[Category:1909 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century American academics]]
[[Category:American football tackles]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bulls athletic directors]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bulls football coaches]]
[[Category:Central Michigan Chippewas football coaches]]
[[Category:UConn Huskies athletic directors]]
[[Category:Purdue Boilermakers baseball players]]
[[Category:Purdue Boilermakers football players]]
[[Category:University of Connecticut faculty]]
[[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]]
 
 
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