Al Hunt (American football)
Appearance
Playing career | |
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1931–1932 | Occidental |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1945 | San Fernando HS (CA) |
1946–1950 | East Los Angeles |
1951 | Los Angeles Valley (backfield) |
1952–1961 | Los Angeles Valley |
Head coaching record | |
Bowls | 1–0 (junior college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Metropolitan Conference (1959–1955) | |
Alfred "Ace" Hunt was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at East Los Angeles College Junior College—now known as East Los Angeles College—from 1946 to 1950 and Los Angeles Valley College from 1952 to 1961.[1][2]
Hunt attended Van Nuys High School and played college football at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He was the football coach at San Fernando High School in Los Angeles in 1945.[3] He was hired as the backfield coach for the football team at Los Angeles Valley iin 1951.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit]Junior college
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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East Los Angeles Huskies () (1946–1950) | |||||||||
1946 | East Los Angeles | ||||||||
East Los Angeles Huskies (Metropolitan Conference) (1947–1950) | |||||||||
1947 | East Los Angeles | 3–6 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
1948 | East Los Angeles | 5–5 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1949 | East Los Angeles | 10–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1950 | East Los Angeles | 8–2 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
East Los Angeles: | |||||||||
Los Angeles Valley Monarchs (Metropolitan Conference) (1952–1961) | |||||||||
1952 | Los Angeles Valley | 8–1–1 | 5–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1953 | Los Angeles Valley | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
1954 | Los Angeles Valley | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
1955 | Los Angeles Valley | 9–1 | 6–1 | 1st | W Orange Show Bowl | ||||
1956 | Los Angeles Valley | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1957 | Los Angeles Valley | 2–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
1958 | Los Angeles Valley | 4–5 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
1959 | Los Angeles Valley | 4–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1960 | Los Angeles Valley | 1–8 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
1961 | Los Angeles Valley | 0–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
Los Angeles Valley: | 41–48–2 | 32–36–2 | |||||||
Total: | |||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hunt, Former E.L.A. Mentor Now at Valley". Citizen News. Hollywood, California. December 1, 1952. p. 4E. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Cerritos College Makes Metro a Tougher League". Evening Vanguard. Venice, California. August 23, 1962. p. 7. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Al Hunt Coach for East Los Angeles". Valley Times. North Hollywood, California. March 29, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Hunt, Former E.L.A. Mentor Now at Valley". The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet. Van Nuys, California. September 24, 1951. p. 3B. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com
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