Homer Hobbs

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Personal information

Date of birth:

February 13, 1923

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Date of death:

January 5, 1997 (aged 73)

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NFL Draft:

1949 / Round: 11 / Pick: 108
(By the Washington Redskins)

Career history

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	22
Player stats at NFL.com

Homer Brown Hobbs (February 13, 1923 – January 5, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a lineman at the University of Georgia, lettering in 1946, 1947 and 1948, and was drafted in the 11th round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins with the 108th pick overall. In 1951 he joined Ralph Jordan's staff as a line coach at Auburn University. On January 28, 1952 Hobbs resigned from Auburn to accept an assistant coaching position at the United States Naval Academy, rejoining Eddie Erdelatz, who was his 49ers 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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (1955–1957)
1955	Furman	1–9	1–1	7th
1956	Furman	2–8	2–2	T–4th
1957	Furman	3–7	2–1	4th
Furman:		6–24	4–4
Total:		6–24

Washington Redskins 1949 NFL Draft selections

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Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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