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Noble Kizer

American football player and coach (1900–1940)

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American football player and coach (1900–1940)

Field	Value
name	Noble Kizer
image	Noble Kizer.jpg
caption	Kizer pictured in Debris 1931, Purdue yearbook
birth_date
birth_place	near Plymouth, Indiana, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1922–1924
player_team2	Notre Dame
player_sport3	Basketball
player_years4	1924–1925
player_team4	Notre Dame
player_positions	Guard (football)
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1925–1929
coach_team2	Purdue (assistant)
coach_years3	1930–1936
coach_team3	Purdue
admin_years1	1933–1940
admin_team1	Purdue
overall_record	42–13–3
championships	2 Big Ten (1931–1932)

Noble Earl "Nobe" Kizer Sr. (March 11, 1900 – June 13, 1940) was an American football and basketball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University from 1930 to 1936. During his tenure as head coach, he won two Big Ten Conference titles and compiled a record of 42–13–3. Kizer was also the athletic director from 1933 until his death in 1940.

From 1922 to 1924, Kizer played right guard at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne. In 1925, he became an assistant coach at Purdue under James Phelan and inherited the head coaching position upon Phelan's departure for the University of Washington.

Kizer served in the United States Marines Corps during World War I. He died on June 13, 1940, in Lafayette, Indiana from a kidney ailment and high blood pressure.

Head coaching record

References

. (June 14, 1940). ["Noble Kizer, Purdue U.'s Athletic Director, Dies"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84539648/fort-worth-star-telegram/). *[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]*.
(June 14, 1940). "Noble Kizer Dies". [[The New York Times]].

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