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  • Homer Hobbs
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  • Homer Brown Hobbs (February 13, 1923 – January 5, 1997) was an American football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. He played college football as a lineman at the University of Georgia, lettering in 1946, 1947 and 1948, and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, 108th pick overall. In 1951 he joined Ralph Jordan's staff as an assistant line coach at Auburn University. On January 28, 1952 Hobbs resigned from Auburn to accept an assistant's position at the United States Naval Academy to rejoin Eddie Erdelatz who was his 49er line coach. From 1955 to 1957 Hobbs was head football coach at Furman University. He was succeeded at Furman by Bob King for the 1958 season.
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  • 1949
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Number
  • 37
statvalue
  • 22
Poll
  • both
EndYear
  • 1957
Birth Date
  • 1923-02-13
Name
Type
  • coach
NFL
  • HOB249174
draftround
  • 11
Overall
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 6
Date of Death
  • 1997-01-05
Birth Place
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StartYear
  • 1955
College
death date
  • 1997-01-05
Place of Birth
debutyear
  • 1949
Position
draftpick
  • 108
Teams
  • * San Francisco 49ers * San Francisco 49ers
Date of Birth
  • 1923-02-13
Short Description
  • American football player
statlabel
  • Games played
Year
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
finalyear
  • 1950
abstract
  • Homer Brown Hobbs (February 13, 1923 – January 5, 1997) was an American football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. He played college football as a lineman at the University of Georgia, lettering in 1946, 1947 and 1948, and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, 108th pick overall. In 1951 he joined Ralph Jordan's staff as an assistant line coach at Auburn University. On January 28, 1952 Hobbs resigned from Auburn to accept an assistant's position at the United States Naval Academy to rejoin Eddie Erdelatz who was his 49er line coach. From 1955 to 1957 Hobbs was head football coach at Furman University. He was succeeded at Furman by Bob King for the 1958 season.