O. A. Hankner

Oscar August Hankner (June 18, 1908 – October 3, 1946) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois in 1938 and at East Carolina Teachers College—now known as East Carolina University–in 1939, compiling a career college football coaching record 1–14.^[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Eureka from 1937 to 1939, tallying a mark of 13–18.

O. A. Hankner

Hankner pictured in The Tecoan 1940, ECU yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1908-06-18)June 18, 1908 Tripoli, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 3, 1946(1946-10-03) (aged 38) Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1938	Eureka
1939	East Carolina
Basketball
1937–1939	Eureka
Head coaching record
Overall	1–14 (football) 13–18 (basketball)

Hanker was born in Tripoli, Iowa. He died on October 3, 1946, at Burnham Hospital in Champaign, Illinois, after suffering from an intestinal obstruction.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Eureka Red Devils (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1938)
1938	Eureka	1–6	0–2	7th
Eureka:		1–6	0–2
East Carolina Pirates (Independent) (1939)
1939	East Carolina	0–8
East Carolina:		0–8
Total:		1–14