Irving O. Hunt

Irving O. Hunt
Biographical details
Born	January 30, 1878; Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1951 (aged 73); Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1897–1898	Brown
1901	Homestead Library & Athletic Club
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1899–1900	South Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1899–1901	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	5–7

Irving Owen "Hoppy" Hunt (January 30, 1878 – June 17, 1951) was an American college football and professional football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, South Carolina from 1899 to 1900, compiling a record of 5–7.^[1]

Ice hockey career[edit]

While a student at Brown University, in his home city of Providence, Rhode Island, Hunt took part in the first intercollegiate ice hockey games the university played in when Brown's ice hockey team appeared against Harvard at Franklin Field in Boston on January 19, 1898.^[2] Hunt, a forward, scored three goals in four intercollegiate games for Brown University during the 1897–98 season and also played for the team during the 1898–99 campaign.

Hunt graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law in Providence, Rhode Island for 12 years, until 1917, when he moved to Wyoming, Pennsylvania, where he farmed. He died on June 17, 1951, at Nesbitt Hospital in Kingston, Pennsylvania after suffering a fall four hours earlier at his home in Wyoming.^[3]


Year	Team	Overall
South Carolina Gamecocks (Independent) (1899–1900)
1899	South Carolina	2–3
1900	South Carolina	4–3
South Carolina:		5–7
Total:		5–7

^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ The Boston Globe, Jan. 20, 1898, pg. 5
^ "Irving O. Hunt Died After Fall At Wyoming Home". Pittston Gazette. Pittston, Pennsylvania. June 18, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .