Robert Zuppke Papers, 1900-13, 1921-22, 1926-57 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Robert Carl Zuppke (1879-1957), football coach (1913-41), including correspondence concerning football coaches, players and games; coaching conditions and the Athletic Board's attempt to oust Zuppke in 1938; reminiscences and stories; books, magazine articles and newspaper clippings; personal visits and trips; speaking engagements; football awards and honors; football plays and scouting reports; evaluations of football players for college and professional teams; recommendations for coaching positions; paintings, art exhibits and gifts; health; financial matters and family.�  The papers contain manuscripts of talks, interviews and articles by Zuppke; diagrams of famous plays like the "flying trapeze" and the "flea flicker;" pencil and crayon sketches; examples of Zuppke's "Ned Brant" comic strip and newspaper clippings (1926-57).�  Zuppke graduated from the University of Wisconsin (1905); coached football at Muskegon, Michigan (1906-10), Oak Park, Illinois (1910-13) and the University of Illinois (1913-41).�  His teams won or tied for seven conference championships.�  He wrote three books on coaching football (1922-30).�  After retirement, he coached the college all-stars (1942) and served as advisory coach with the Universities of Havana and Auburn (1945) and the Chicago Bears.�  Zuppke corresponded with former players George Clark, Harold Grange, George Halas, Ernest Lovejoy, Albert Nowack, Milton Olander, Harold Pogue, and Jack Wilson; coaches Carl Voyles and Glenn Warner; President Arthur Willard; alumni Charles Moynihan, James Peterson and Merritt Schoenfeld; sports writers Grantland Rice, Christy Walsh and Arch Ward; George Ade and Paul Slater. NOTE: Three oversize boxes containing paintings by Zuppke are located on the top shelf of range 9-1, below the remainder of the series.