A. B. Hollingsworth

Adolph Bradley Hollingsworth (January 11, 1899 – January 5, 1961) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee from 1931 to 1936. He hired Bear Bryant as an assistant in 1936.[1]

A. B. Hollingsworth
Biographical details
Born(1899-01-11)January 11, 1899
Mount Andrew, Alabama, U.S.
DiedJanuary 5, 1961(1961-01-05) (aged 61)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1921–1922Eufaula HS (AL)
?–1929Bethel (KY)
1930Union (TN) (assistant)
1931–1936Union (TN)

A native of Mount Andrew in Barbour County, Alabama, Hollingsworth graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1921.[2] He served as the head football at Eufaula High School in Eufaula, Alabama from 1921 to 1922.[3] In 1926, Hollingworth began coaching at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky.[4] He resigned from his post at Bethel in the summer of 1930 to become an assistant coach at Union University.[5]

Hollingsworth married Mae Ella Munn of Ozark, Alabama on July 21, 1922.[6] He later lived in Montgomery, Alabama and Birmingham, Alabama and worked as a district manager for the Orkin Exterminating Company. Hollingsworth died on January 5, 1961, in Birmingham.[7]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1931–1936)
1931 Union (Tennessee) 5–44–4T–4th
1932 Union (Tennessee) 0–8–10–6–1T–28th
1933 Union (Tennessee) 3–71–5T–26th
1934 Union (Tennessee) 6–4–12–3–1T–19th
1935 Union (Tennessee) 6–4–12–3–1T–20th
1936 Union (Tennessee) 6–4–15–1–17th
Union (Tennessee): 26–31–414–22–4
Total:

References
  1. Shepard, David (October 1, 2002). Bama, Bear Bryant and the Bible: 100 Devotionals Based on the Life of Paul. iUniverse. ISBN 9780595255993 – via Google Books.
  2. Freeman, Jack, ed. (1921). "The Corolla 1921". The Corolla. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama. 28: 39. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. "Eufaula Tigers". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  4. Temple, Alvis (December 12, 1926). "Business University Five Falls Before Bethel Baptists". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. p. 7. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Bethel Selects Athletic Coach". News-Democrat & Leader. Russellville, Kentucky. July 17, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Hollingsworth-Munn—". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. July 20, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "A. B. Hollingsworth Dies Thursday". The Clayton Record. Clayton, Alabama. January 12, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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