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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1911–1985)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Phil Sarboe
| name = Phil Sarboe
| image =
| image = Phil_Sarboe.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption = Sarboe in 1952
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|22|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|8|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]], [[District of Alaska]]
| birth_place = [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks, District of Alaska]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|11|19|1911|8|22|}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|11|19|1911|8|22|}}
| death_place = [[Spokane, Washington]]
| death_place = [[Spokane, Washington]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Washington State University|Washington State]], 1934
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1931–1933
| player_years2 = 1931–1933
| player_team2 = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]
| player_team2 = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]
| player_years3 = 1934
| player_years3 = 1934
| player_team3 = [[1934 Boston Redskins season|Boston Redskins]]
| player_team3 = [[Boston Redskins]] (NFL)
| player_years4 = 1934–1936
| player_years4 = 1934–1936
| player_team4 = [[1934 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| player_team4 = [[Chicago Cardinals]] (NFL)
| player_years5 = 1936
| player_years5 = 1936
| player_team5 = [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]]
| player_team5 = [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] (NFL)
| player_positions = [[Defensive back]], [[quarterback]], [[running back]]
| player_positions = [[Defensive back]], [[quarterback]], [[Fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1937–1938
| coach_years2 = 1937–1938
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| coach_team4 = [[Central Washington Wildcats football|Central Washington]]
| coach_team4 = [[Central Washington Wildcats football|Central Washington]]
| coach_years5 = 1943–1944
| coach_years5 = 1943–1944
| coach_team5 = [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln HS (WA)]]
| coach_team5 = [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln HS (Tacoma, WA)]]
| coach_years6 = 1945–1949
| coach_years6 = 1945–1949
| coach_team6 = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]
| coach_team6 = [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]]
| coach_years7 = 1950
| coach_years7 = 1950
| coach_team7 = [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|North Central HS (WA)]]
| coach_team7 = [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|No. Central HS (Spokane, WA)]]
| coach_years8 = 1951–1965
| coach_years8 = 1951–1965
| coach_team8 = [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks football|Humboldt State]]
| coach_team8 = [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks football|Humboldt State]]
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| coach_years11 = 1951–1952
| coach_years11 = 1951–1952
| coach_team11 = [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks men's basketball|Humboldt State]]
| coach_team11 = [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks men's basketball|Humboldt State]]
| admin_years1 = 1966–1967
| admin_team1 = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Hawaii]]
| overall_record = 131–75–11 (college football)<br>4–13 (college basketball)
| overall_record = 131–75–11 (college football)<br>4–13 (college basketball)
| bowl_record =
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = Football<br>1–1 (NAIA playoffs)
| tournament_record = Football<br>1–1 (NAIA playoffs)
| championships = Football<br>1 [[Evergreen Conference|Washington Intercollegiate]] (1942)<br>5 [[Northern California Athletic Conference|FWC]] (1952, 1956, 1960–1961, 1963)
| championships = Football<br>1 [[Evergreen Conference|WINCO]] (1942)<br>5 [[Northern California Athletic Conference|FWC]] (1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963)
| awards = Football<br>[[NAIA Football Coach of the Year Award|NAIA Coach of the Year]] (1960)
| awards =
* [[NAIA Football Coach of the Year Award|NAIA Coach of the Year]] (1960)
* Second-team All-Pro (1935)
* Second-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-PCC]] ([[1933 All-Pacific Coast football team|1933]])
| coaching_records =
| coaching_records =
}}
}}
'''Philip John Sarboe''' (August 22, 1911 – November 19, 1985) was an [[American football]] player and coach.<ref name=cpsdsr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kg1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ne8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839%2C3009631 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Coach Phil Sarboe dies |date=November 20, 1985 |page=C2 }}</ref> He was the head coach for five seasons at [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State College]] in the late 1940s, and later for over a decade at [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks|Humboldt State College]].
'''Philip John Sarboe''' (August 22, 1911 – November 19, 1985) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He played [[college football]] at the State College of Washington — now [[Washington State University]] — and professionally in [[National Football League]] (NFL) with the [[Boston Redskins]], [[Chicago Cardinals]], and [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]].


Sarboe served as the head football coach at Central Washington College of Education — now [[Central Washington University]]—from 1941 to 1942, Washington State from [[1945 Washington State Cougars football team|1945]] to [[1949 Washington State Cougars football team|1949]], Humboldt State College — now [[California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]] — from 1951 to 1965, and the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]] in 1966, compiling a career college football record of {{winpct|131|75|11|record=y}}.
==Early years==
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Born in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], Sarboe graduated from [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln High School]] in [[Tacoma, Washington]], and was a three-sport athlete in the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] at [[Washington State Cougars|Washington State College]] in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]]. On a [[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|basketball]] scholarship, he also played [[shortstop]] in [[Washington State Cougars baseball|baseball]] and had his greatest success in [[Washington State Cougars football|football]], most notably as a fullback. He played in the [[East–West Shrine Game]] in January 1934.<ref name=cpsdsr/>
Although he had [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] offers in baseball, he chose to play professional football.


==Professional career==
==Early years and college playing career==
[[File:Sarboe-Phil-1936.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Sarboe as a member of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals in 1936.]]
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Sarboe played three seasons in the [[National Football League]], starting with [[1934 Boston Redskins season|Boston Redskins]] in [[1934 Boston Redskins season|1934]]. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}} and {{convert|167|lb|abbr=on}}, he was traded that season to the [[1934 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]], and finished his pro career in 1936 with the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]]. He completed only 42.3 percent of his passes for just 1,133 yards, had a 4–26 career touchdown to interception ratio, and a career passer rating of 27.9.
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Born in [[Fairbanks, Alaska]], Sarboe graduated from [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln High School]] in [[Tacoma, Washington]], and was a three-sport athlete in the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] at the State College of Washington in [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] — now [[Washington State University]].


On a [[Washington State Cougars men's basketball|basketball]] scholarship from head coach [[Jack Friel]], he also played [[shortstop]] in [[Washington State Cougars baseball|baseball]] under head coach [[Buck Bailey]], and had his greatest success in [[Washington State Cougars football|football]], most notably as a [[Fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]] under head coach [[Babe Hollingbery]]. Sarboe played in the [[East–West Shrine Game]] in January 1934.<ref name=cpsdsr/> Although he had [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] offers in baseball, he chose to play professional football.
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==Coaching==
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Sarboe began his coaching career in 1937 in southeastern Washington at [[Clarkston High School (Washington)|Clarkston High School]],<ref name=bwfpgm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5IFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5084%2C49695 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Bantams weakened for Pomeroy game |date=October 1, 1937 |page=9 }}</ref><ref name=bspnto>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X6xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C49073 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Bantams sink Pirates, 19-0 |date=October 1, 1938 |page=9}}</ref> then moved west to [[Aberdeen High School (Washington)|Aberdeen]] in 1939.<ref name=cpsdsr/> In 1941 and 1942, he coached football at [[Central Washington Wildcats|Central Washington College of Education]] in [[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]],<ref name=sinhon8v>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eLo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q4MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6921%2C946766 |newspaper= |title=Sarboe inherits only 8 vets in first year here |date=September 20, 1941 |page=6 }}</ref> compiling a 6–6–3 record. The 1942 team was 4–1–1 in the Washington Intercollegiate Conference and won the season title.<ref name=rdetspl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUcKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2koDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6686%2C2727067 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |title=Rangers defeat Eastern, take second place |date=November 16, 1942 |page=6 }}</ref>


==Professional playing career==
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The program was suspended after the 1942 season due to [[World War II]], and Sarboe coached in Tacoma at Lincoln High School, his alma mater.<ref name=scabasoh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=49lXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7432%2C5804903 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=State College alumni bitter about "sacking" of Hollingbery |last=Johnson |first=Bob |date=May 28, 1945 |page=9 }}</ref> He had planned to return to Ellensburg to coach the [[Ellensburg High School|high school team]] in 1945 and then return to Central Washington when it resumed football in 1946.<ref name=shskcck>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wRsKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rUoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6602%2C1078433 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |title=Sarboe goes to W.S.C.; schools here seek coach |date=May 28, 1945 |page=6 }}</ref>
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Sarboe played three seasons in the [[National Football League]], starting with [[1934 Boston Redskins season|Boston Redskins]] in [[1934 Boston Redskins season|1934]]. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=10}} and {{convert|167|lb}}, he was traded that season to the [[1934 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]], and finished his pro career in 1936 with the [[1936 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season|Brooklyn Dodgers]].


He completed 42.3 percent of his passes for a total of 1,133 yards, with a 4–26 career touchdown to interception ratio, working out to a career passer rating of 27.9.
[[Babe Hollingbery]], the Cougars' head coach since 1926, was not brought back in 1945 and Sarboe was hired as head coach of the Cougars in late May,<ref name=scabasoh/><ref name=stogpo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jHNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=meQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7054%2C6620213 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |title=Sarboe takes over grid post |agency=(photo)|date=May 30, 1945 |page=10 }}</ref> the first alumnus to head the football program. In his first season in Pullman in 1945, Washington State posted a 6–2–1 record, but struggled afterward and Sarboe had a 17–26–3 ({{winning percentage|17|26|3}}) record in five seasons.


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==Coaching career==
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Sarboe coached a season at [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|North Central High School]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] in 1950,<ref name=cpsdsr/> then went to [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks|Humboldt State College]]<ref name=exccmpop>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JCZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3801%2C5219020 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=UPI |title=Ex-Cougar coach mighty popular |date=November 18, 1960 |page=13}}</ref> in [[Arcata, California]], where he compiled a record of 104–37–5 ({{winning percentage|104|37|5}}) in fifteen seasons. In 1966, he left to coach for a season at [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]] and posted a 4–6 record. Sarboe then returned to northwest California and became a coach and athletic director at the [[College of the Redwoods]], a junior college in [[Eureka, California|Eureka]], and retired in 1977.<ref name=cotrhfm>{{cite web |url=http://www.redwoods.edu/sports/hof/ |publisher=College of the Redwoods |title= Athletic Hall of Fame |accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
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Sarboe began his coaching career in 1937 in southeastern Washington at [[Clarkston High School (Washington)|Clarkston High School]],<ref name=bwfpgm>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5IFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5084%2C49695 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Bantams weakened for Pomeroy game |date=October 1, 1937 |page=9 }}</ref><ref name=bspnto>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X6xfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C49073 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Bantams sink Pirates, 19-0 |date=October 1, 1938 |page=9}}</ref> then moved west to [[Aberdeen High School (Washington)|Aberdeen]] in 1939.<ref name=cpsdsr/> In 1941 and 1942, he coached football at [[Central Washington Wildcats football|Central Washington]] College of Education—now [[Central Washington University]]—in [[Ellensburg, Washington|Ellensburg]],<ref name=sinhon8v>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eLo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q4MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6921%2C946766 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=(Washington) |title=Sarboe inherits only 8 vets in first year here |date=September 20, 1941 |page=6}}</ref> compiling a 6–6–3 record. The 1942 team was 4–1–1 in the [[Evergreen Conference|Washington Intercollegiate Conference]] and won the conference title.<ref name=rdetspl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hUcKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2koDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6686%2C2727067 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |title=Rangers defeat Eastern, take second place |date=November 16, 1942 |page=6 }}</ref>

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The program was suspended after the 1942 season due to [[World War II]], and Sarboe coached in Tacoma at Lincoln High School, his alma mater.<ref name=scabasoh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=49lXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7432%2C5804903 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=State College alumni bitter about "sacking" of Hollingbery |last=Johnson |first=Bob |date=May 28, 1945 |page=9 }}</ref> He had planned to return to Ellensburg to coach the [[Ellensburg High School|high school team]] in 1945 and then return to Central Washington when it resumed football in 1946.<ref name=shskcck>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wRsKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rUoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6602%2C1078433 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=(Washington) |title=Sarboe goes to W.S.C.; schools here seek coach |date=May 28, 1945 |page=6}}</ref>

Hollingbery, the Cougars' head coach since [[1926 Washington State Cougars football team|1926]], was not brought back in [[1945 Washington State Cougars football team|1945]] and Sarboe was hired as head coach of the Cougars in late May,<ref name=scabasoh/><ref name=stogpo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jHNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=meQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7054%2C6620213 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Sarboe takes over grid post |agency=(photo)|date=May 30, 1945 |page=10 }}</ref> the first alumnus to head the football program. In his first season in Pullman<!-- in 1945-->, WSC posted a 6–2–1 record, but struggled afterward; Sarboe had a {{winning percentage|17|26|3|record=y}} record in five seasons and resigned in December&nbsp;[[1949 Washington State Cougars football team|1949]].<ref name=hasres>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FvlXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7322%2C1407189 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Ashlock |first=Herb |title=Sarboe resigns as varsity grid coach at WSC |date=December 2, 1949 |page=13}}</ref><ref name=lmsqag>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IddRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yC8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1365%2C2588578 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Sarboe quits as WSC grid coach |date=December 3, 1950 |page=8}}</ref><ref name=cgtobg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F_lXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4532%2C1606023 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |last=Ashlock |first=Herb |title=Cougars to begin search for coach at Dec. 16 meet |date=December 3, 1949 |page=7}}</ref>

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Sarboe coached a season at [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|North Central High School]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] in 1950,<ref name=cpsdsr/> then went to [[Humboldt State Lumberjacks football|Humboldt State College]]<ref name=exccmpop>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JCZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3801%2C5219020 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=UPI |title=Ex-Cougar coach mighty popular |date=November 18, 1960 |page=13}}</ref> in [[Arcata, California]], where he compiled a record of {{winning percentage|104|37|5|record=y}} in fifteen seasons. In 1966, he left to coach for a season at [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii]] and posted a 4–6 record. Sarboe then returned to northwest California and became a coach and athletic director at the [[College of the Redwoods]], a junior college in [[Eureka, California|Eureka]], and retired in 1977.<ref name=cotrhfm>{{cite web |url=http://www.redwoods.edu/sports/hof/ |publisher=College of the Redwoods |title=Athletic Hall of Fame |access-date=October 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722001112/http://www.redwoods.edu/sports/hof/ |archive-date=July 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Sarboe died of cancer in 1985 at age 74 in Spokane.<ref name=cpsdsr/>
Sarboe died of cancer at age 74 in 1985 in Spokane.<ref name=cpsdsr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Kg1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ne8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839%2C3009631 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Coach Phil Sarboe dies |date=November 20, 1985 |page=C2 }}</ref>


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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| name = Central Washington
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 1–5–1
| overall = 1–5–1
| conference = 0–5–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = 5th
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowlname =
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| name = Central Washington
| name = Central Washington
| overall = 6–6–3
| overall = 6–6–3
| confrecord = 4–6–2
| confrecord = 4–4–2
}}
}}
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| year = 1951
| championship =
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| year = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| name = [[1951 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1951 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 4–3–1
| overall = 4–3–1
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| year = 1952
| championship = conference
| year = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
| name = [[1952 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1952 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 7–1
| overall = 7–1
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1953
| championship =
| year = [[1953 college football season|1953]]
| name = [[1953 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1953 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 6–2
| overall = 6–2
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| year = 1954
| championship =
| year = [[1954 college football season|1954]]
| name = [[1954 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1954 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 5–5
| overall = 5–5
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| year = 1955
| championship =
| year = [[1955 college football season|1955]]
| name = [[1955 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1955 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 7–3–1
| overall = 7–3–1
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| year = 1956
| championship = conference
| year = [[1956 college football season|1956]]
| name = [[1956 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1956 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 9–2
| overall = 9–2
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1957
| championship =
| year = [[1957 college football season|1957]]
| name = [[1957 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1957 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 4–6
| overall = 4–6
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| year = 1958
| championship =
| year = [[1958 college football season|1958]]
| name = [[1958 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1958 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 7–2–1
| overall = 7–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| year = 1959
| championship =
| year = [[1959 college football season|1959]]
| name = [[1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 9–1
| overall = 9–1
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1960
| championship = conference
| year = [[1960 college football season|1960]]
| name = [[1960 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1960 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 11–1
| overall = 11–1
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| championship = conference
}}
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| year = 1961
| championship = conference
| year = [[1961 college football season|1961]]
| name = [[1961 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1961 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 8–2
| overall = 8–2
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| year = 1962
| championship =
| year = [[1962 NCAA College Division football season|1962]]
| name = [[1962 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1962 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 7–2
| overall = 7–2
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1963
| championship = conference
| year = [[1963 NCAA College Division football season|1963]]
| name = [[1963 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1963 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 6–1–2
| overall = 6–1–2
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| ranking = no
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| year = 1964
| championship =
| year = [[1964 NCAA College Division football season|1964]]
| name = [[1964 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1964 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 8–2
| overall = 8–2
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| ranking = no
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| ranking2 = no
| championship =
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| year = 1965
| championship =
| year = [[1965 NCAA College Division football season|1965]]
| name = [[1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| name = [[1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team|Humboldt State]]
| overall = 6–4
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
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| name = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbows]]
| name = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbows]]
| conf = Independent
| conf = [[NCAA College Division|NCAA College Division independent]]
| startyear = 1966
| startyear = 1966
| endyear = single
| endyear = single
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| year = [[1966 college football season|1966]]
| name = Hawaii
| year = [[1966 NCAA College Division football season|1966]]
| name = [[1966 Hawaii Rainbows football team|Hawaii]]
| overall = 4–6
| overall = 4–6
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==Coaching tree==
Assistant coaches under Sarboe who became college head coaches:
* Don King: [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbows]] (1967), [[Northwood Knights]] (1969-1970)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Footballstats|nfl=2524921|pfr=SarbPh20|dbf=SARBOPHI01}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl=phil-sarboe |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=S/SarbPh20 |rotoworld= }}
* {{Find a Grave|172303480}}
* {{Find a Grave|172303480}}


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Latest revision as of 05:25, 7 August 2024

Phil Sarboe
Sarboe in 1952
Biographical details
Born(1911-08-22)August 22, 1911
Fairbanks, District of Alaska, U.S.
DiedNovember 19, 1985(1985-11-19) (aged 74)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1931–1933Washington State
1934Boston Redskins (NFL)
1934–1936Chicago Cardinals (NFL)
1936Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)
Position(s)Defensive back, quarterback, fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1937–1938Clarkston HS (WA)
1939–1940Aberdeen HS (WA)
1941–1942Central Washington
1943–1944Lincoln HS (Tacoma, WA)
1945–1949Washington State
1950No. Central HS (Spokane, WA)
1951–1965Humboldt State
1966Hawaii
Basketball
1951–1952Humboldt State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1966–1967Hawaii
Head coaching record
Overall131–75–11 (college football)
4–13 (college basketball)
TournamentsFootball
1–1 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 WINCO (1942)
5 FWC (1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963)
Awards

Philip John Sarboe (August 22, 1911 – November 19, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the State College of Washington — now Washington State University — and professionally in National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Redskins, Chicago Cardinals, and Brooklyn Dodgers.

Sarboe served as the head football coach at Central Washington College of Education — now Central Washington University—from 1941 to 1942, Washington State from 1945 to 1949, Humboldt State College — now California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt — from 1951 to 1965, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1966, compiling a career college football record of 131–75–11 (.629).

Early years and college playing career

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Sarboe as a member of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals in 1936.

Born in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sarboe graduated from Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, and was a three-sport athlete in the Pacific Coast Conference at the State College of Washington in Pullman — now Washington State University.

On a basketball scholarship from head coach Jack Friel, he also played shortstop in baseball under head coach Buck Bailey, and had his greatest success in football, most notably as a fullback under head coach Babe Hollingbery. Sarboe played in the East–West Shrine Game in January 1934.[1] Although he had minor league offers in baseball, he chose to play professional football.

Professional playing career

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Sarboe played three seasons in the National Football League, starting with Boston Redskins in 1934. Listed at 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) and 167 pounds (76 kg), he was traded that season to the Chicago Cardinals, and finished his pro career in 1936 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

He completed 42.3 percent of his passes for a total of 1,133 yards, with a 4–26 career touchdown to interception ratio, working out to a career passer rating of 27.9.

Coaching career

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Sarboe began his coaching career in 1937 in southeastern Washington at Clarkston High School,[2][3] then moved west to Aberdeen in 1939.[1] In 1941 and 1942, he coached football at Central Washington College of Education—now Central Washington University—in Ellensburg,[4] compiling a 6–6–3 record. The 1942 team was 4–1–1 in the Washington Intercollegiate Conference and won the conference title.[5]

The program was suspended after the 1942 season due to World War II, and Sarboe coached in Tacoma at Lincoln High School, his alma mater.[6] He had planned to return to Ellensburg to coach the high school team in 1945 and then return to Central Washington when it resumed football in 1946.[7]

Hollingbery, the Cougars' head coach since 1926, was not brought back in 1945 and Sarboe was hired as head coach of the Cougars in late May,[6][8] the first alumnus to head the football program. In his first season in Pullman, WSC posted a 6–2–1 record, but struggled afterward; Sarboe had a 17–26–3 (.402) record in five seasons and resigned in December 1949.[9][10][11]

Sarboe coached a season at North Central High School in Spokane in 1950,[1] then went to Humboldt State College[12] in Arcata, California, where he compiled a record of 104–37–5 (.729) in fifteen seasons. In 1966, he left to coach for a season at Hawaii and posted a 4–6 record. Sarboe then returned to northwest California and became a coach and athletic director at the College of the Redwoods, a junior college in Eureka, and retired in 1977.[13]

Death

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Sarboe died of cancer at age 74 in 1985 in Spokane.[1]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Central Washington Wildcats (Washington Intercollegiate Conference) (1941–1942)
1941 Central Washington 1–5–1 0–3–1 5th
1942 Central Washington 5–1–2 4–1–1 1st
Central Washington: 6–6–3 4–4–2
Washington State Cougars (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945–1949)
1945 Washington State 6–2–1 6–2–1 2nd
1946 Washington State 1–6–1 1–5–1 8th
1947 Washington State 3–7 2–5 T–7th
1948 Washington State 4–5–1 4–3–1 4th
1949 Washington State 3–6 2–6 8th
Washington State: 17–26–3 15–21–3
Humboldt State Lumberjacks (Far Western Conference) (1951–1965)
1951 Humboldt State 4–3–1 2–1 3rd
1952 Humboldt State 7–1 3–0 1st
1953 Humboldt State 6–2 2–1 2nd
1954 Humboldt State 5–5 3–2 3rd
1955 Humboldt State 7–3–1 2–2–1 4th
1956 Humboldt State 9–2 4–1 T–1st
1957 Humboldt State 4–6 3–2 3rd
1958 Humboldt State 7–2–1 3–2 T–2nd
1959 Humboldt State 9–1 4–1 2nd
1960 Humboldt State 11–1 5–0 1st L NAIA Championship
1961 Humboldt State 8–2 4–1 T–1st
1962 Humboldt State 7–2 3–2 2nd
1963 Humboldt State 6–1–2 3–1–1 T–1st
1964 Humboldt State 8–2 4–1 2nd
1965 Humboldt State 6–4 2–3 4th
Humboldt State: 104–37–5 40–20–2
Hawaii Rainbows (NCAA College Division independent) (1966)
1966 Hawaii 4–6
Hawaii: 4–6
Total: 131–75–11
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Coach Phil Sarboe dies". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 20, 1985. p. C2.
  2. ^ "Bantams weakened for Pomeroy game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 1, 1937. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Bantams sink Pirates, 19-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 1, 1938. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Sarboe inherits only 8 vets in first year here". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). September 20, 1941. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Rangers defeat Eastern, take second place". Ellensburg Daily Record. November 16, 1942. p. 6.
  6. ^ a b Johnson, Bob (May 28, 1945). "State College alumni bitter about "sacking" of Hollingbery". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  7. ^ "Sarboe goes to W.S.C.; schools here seek coach". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). May 28, 1945. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Sarboe takes over grid post". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (photo). May 30, 1945. p. 10.
  9. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 2, 1949). "Sarboe resigns as varsity grid coach at WSC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
  10. ^ "Sarboe quits as WSC grid coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 3, 1950. p. 8.
  11. ^ Ashlock, Herb (December 3, 1949). "Cougars to begin search for coach at Dec. 16 meet". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 7.
  12. ^ "Ex-Cougar coach mighty popular". Spokane Daily Chronicle. UPI. November 18, 1960. p. 13.
  13. ^ "Athletic Hall of Fame". College of the Redwoods. Archived from the original on July 22, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
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