Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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High srhooi con eh - - Thoughtful moment during 1941 victory football season. Overcoat, felt hat, sideline concentration were typical. scored 239 to 38 points, and gave college football “Butch” Pfefferle, All-American at Notre Dame, “Jake” Sullivan to North- western, and “Swede” Cosgrove to Marquette. A special football brochure in 1929 paid this tribute. “This year, with a dearth of good material, the Coach whipped into shape a team that lost only to the best team in the middlewest (Champaign, 111., 13-0) . . . most of the season’s victories were due to the superior plays Coach Hoffman gave the squad”. In basketball the record was even more re- markable: 311 wins, 116 losses, for a .728 win percentage, including three consecutive Wis- consin Catholic State championships, 1932-4. His most famous player was George Ireland, captain and All-American at Notre Dame. Twelve times his teams were invited to the National Catholic Tournev in Chicago, split- ting even in 30 games. Many of his players made All-National, but the highest tribute of all came to their coach: the 1934 team re- ceived the trophy for “Best Coached Team in the Tourney.” He pioneered in set plays, working out plays from almost any point on the floor, and especially from the now obso- - .72.7 irin 22:t losses HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RECORD 1924-1952 Campion Opp. Year Games Won Lost Tied Pts. Pts. 1924 7 4 2 1 122 22 1925 10 8 2 0 241 48 1926 7 4 3 0 101 70 1927 7 4 2 1 147 40 1928 9 9 0 0 276 6 1929 8 7 1 0 239 38 1930 8 6 2 0 107 48 1931 8 6 1 1 130 95 1932 10 3 7 0 67 151 1933 10 8 1 1 276 33 1934 9 5 2 2 155 25 1935 10 7 2 1 272 58 1936 9 5 4 0 163 96 1937 8 6 2 0 104 26 1938 9 4 2 3 115 57 1939 8 2 5 1 79 136 1940 7 4 2 1 123 60 1941 9 9 0 0 174 6 1942 7 1 6 0 47 126 1943 6 1 5 0 111 115 1944 8 6 2 0 165 67 1945 7 6 0 1 170 32 1946 8 6 2 0 119 63 1947 7 2 4 1 59 84 1948 8 6 2 0 212 116 1949 8 3 5 0 110 109 1950 7 5 1 1 191 87 1951 6 1 5 0 32 118 1952 8 3 4 1 84 115 233 141 76 16 4191 1984 Smile of satisfaction and victory. Hoffman's teams, care- fully drilled, had 21 winning seasons out of 29.

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lege team to six wins, one defeat. With spring he turned to a familar friend in baseball and guided Campion to an 8-1 record. Baseball was the THE popular sport at Campion with big teams scheduled. His College teams broke even with the Dubuque Sox in the 3-1 league and once bowed to the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. In football and basketball it was the same; he played teams like Wisconsin, Ne- braska, and Marquette. In 1912 his basket- ball team lost to Iowa 14-12 but in 1914 beat Minnesota 37-11; in 1916 lost to Northwestern 30-22, but beat St. Louis U. 25-21 and Creigh- ton U. 16-15. His college coaching was interrupted twice: In 1917 during the War and from 1922-4 when as Librarian he had the herculean task of cataloguing 20,000 volumes in the college library. With this completed and closing of the college department imminent in 1925, he was asked to coach all high school sports. Thus began the amazing high-school record that earned him the distinction of “Dean of Mid-West High School Coaches.” His football teams compiled an amazing 141-76-16 record for a .649 win percentage. The ’28, ’41, and ’45 squads were victory teams; the 1928 team scored 276 points and allowed opponents only six. The famous “Con- quering Hoffmen” of 1929 had a 7-1 record. raUvyr roarkinif mark Hoffman the coach — college baseball in 1912. College baseball team of 1912 (then Sacred Heart College). Coach Hoffman is third from left, front row. COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORD 1913-1921 Year Won Campion Lost Tied Pts. Opp. Pts. 1913 0 1 0 0 7 1914 6 0 0 174 22 1915 4 2 0 89 43 1916 6 0 0 100 14 1917 1918 Did not coach 2 0 0 113 0 1919 1 4 1 49 165 1920 4 3 2 141 96 1921 2 4 0 29 116 25 14 3 695 463 Year COLLEGE BASKETBALL RECORD 1911-1921 Campion Won Lost Pts. Opp. Pts. 1911 6 1 307 111 1912 4 5 284 260 1913 15 2 570 269 1914 10 3 420 242 1915 13 3 449 348 1916 9 8 430 145 1917 1918 Did 4 not coach 0 77 43 1919 3 2 96 81 1920 5 5 210 189 1921 5 8 205 271 74 37 3048 1959 Year 191 1 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 Won Lost 8 1 9 5 10 4 7 5 12 3 10 2 4 3 Did not coach 3 4 2 5 3 6 1 4 69 42 Opp. Runs 17 38 55 35 44 34 43 53 63 25 32 47 61 30 49 639 47i COLLEGE BASEBALL RECORD 1911-1922 Campion Runs 38 79 80 66 88 81 52 5

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for amuzinfi 20 - i rar .702 irin pvrrmUujr HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RECORD 1925-26 to 1946-47 Campion Opp. Year Games Won Lost Pts. Pts. 1925-26 12 10 2 343 109 1926-27 13 8 5 294 184 1927-28 17 10 7 360 264 1928-29 16 13 3 404 233 1929-30 18 17 1 464 211 1930-31 23 20 3 579 284 1931-32 25 20 5 629 364 1932-33 18 13 5 486 330 1933-34 25 20 5 638 399 1934-35 19 14 5 404 278 1935-36 25 21 4 748 489 1936-37 22 15 7 633 499 1937-38 19 10 9 358 354 1938-39 19 15 4 540 398 1939-40 21 15 6 717 613 1940-41 23 16 7 642 529 1941-42 18 8 10 423 385 1942-43 16 14 2 560 343 1943-44 23 20 3 844 550 1944-45 22 10 12 645 639 1945-46 17 15 2 649 469 1946-47 16 7 9 545 515 427 311 116 12005 8439 Three consecutive state championships, 1930, 1931, 1932! In six state tournaments, he won 17, lost 3. Bottom Row: Hon. Edward J. Offense, National Catholic Tournament, Loyola Academy, 1937; Fourth Place Win- ners, 1932, National Catholic Tournament (Basketball), Loyola University, Chicago; Wisconsin State Catholic High School Championship (Basketball), 1930, held at Marquette University; Wisconsin Catholic Interscholastic Athletic association. State Championship (Basketball), 1931; W.C.I.A.A., State Championship (Basketball), 1932] Marquette University; Fourth Place, National Catholic Tournament, Loyola University, Chicago, 1934; Fourth Place, National Catholic Tournament, Loyola University, Chicago, 1936; W. E. Dunn Trophy, Best Coached Team] National Catholic Tournament, Loyola University, Chica- go, 1934. 2nd Row: Triangular Meet, 880 Relay, 1929- Loras Relay, 1946, Mile Relay; C.A.C. Track Meet Cham- pionship, 1927, (at) Columbia Academy, (to) Campion Academy; Loras Relays, 1946, Medley Relay, Campion; Loras Relays, 1946, Championship, Campion; Loras Prep Relays, 1942; Dr. E. J. Norton Award for the team scor- ing the Highest Number of Points in the First Round, National Catholic Tournament, Loyola, University, Chi- cago, 1931; Campion Victory team of 1928; Catholic High School State Championship (Football), 1928, won by Campion High School; the Victory Football of 1941 with scores of each of the nine wins. Top Row: Loras Relays, Medley, 1941; Presented by the Catholic Herald of Wisconsin to Campion, winner of the mile relay, Wisconsin Catholic High Schools, at Marquette Stadium] May 5, 1928; Interscholastic Track and Field meet won by Campion Academy, 1920; Knights of Columbus trophy, Mid-West Interscholastic Conference, first place Track and Field meet, 1940; (same) 1939; (same, travel- ing trophy retired) 1939, 1940, by Campion; K of C Trophy, Campion annual field day, 1929, Catholic Herald Trophy, Wisconsin Catholic H.S., 880 yd. relay National Relay Carnival, 1929, Marquette U., won by Campion, Time, 1:36.9; Loras Relays, 1941, championship. 7 SPOILS OF VICTORY — some of the many trophies won by the Conquering Hoffmen. Hughes Award, Cleverest