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American sports coach (1900–1994)

Rip Van Winkle
Biographical details
Born	(1900-05-06)May 6, 1900 Oakley, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	January 6, 1994(1994-01-06) (aged 93) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1920	Kentucky Wesleyan
Basketball
c. 1920	Kentucky Wesleyan
Baseball
c. 1920	Kentucky Wesleyan
1922	Winchester Dodgers
1924	Winchester Dodgers

Position(s)	Shortstop (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927	Kentucky Wesleyan (freshmen)
1928–1930	Kentucky Wesleyan
1932–1936	Highlands HS (KY)
Basketball
1928–1932	Kentucky Wesleyan
1937–1939	Cincinnati
1939–1942	Miami (OH)
Baseball
c. 1930	Kentucky Wesleyan
1937–1938	Cincinnati

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1932	Kentucky Wesleyan

Head coaching record
Overall	13–11–3 (college football)

Walter R. "Rip" Van Winkle (May 6, 1900 – January 6, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College, when its campus was located in Winchester, Kentucky, from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 13–11–3. Van Winkle was also the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Kentucky Wesleyan.

A native of London, Kentucky, Van Winkle played football, basketball, and baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan and Minor League Baseball with the Winchester Dodgers of the Blue Grass League. He left Kentucky Wesleyan in 1932 to become athletic director and head football coach at Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Van Winkle died on January 6, 1994, in Milwaukee.

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1928–1930)
1928	Kentucky Wesleyan	6–3	2–3	T–18th
1929	Kentucky Wesleyan	5–4	1–3	T–22nd
1930	Kentucky Wesleyan	2–4–3	2–1–1	10th
Kentucky Wesleyan:		13–11–3	5–7–1
Total:		13–11–3

References

""Rip" On Way". The Kentucky Post. Covington, Kentucky. August 25, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
Hewlett, Jennifer (January 8, 1994). "Walter Rip Van Winkle, longtime coach, dies at 93". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. B2. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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