Noble Earl "Nobe" Kizer Sr. (March 11, 1900 – June 13, 1940) was an

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and

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player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...

from 1930 to 1936. During his tenure as head coach, he won two

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titles and compiled a record of 42–13–3. Kizer was also the

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from 1933 until his death in 1940. From 1922 to 1924, Kizer played right guard at

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under

Knute Rockne Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is use ...

. In 1925, he became an assistant coach at Purdue under James Phelan and inherited the head coaching position upon Phelan's departure for the

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. Kizer served in the

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during

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. He died on June 13, 1940, in

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from a kidney ailment and high blood pressure.

Head coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kizer, Noble 1900 births 1940 deaths American football guards American men's basketball players Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players Purdue Boilermakers athletic directors Purdue Boilermakers football coaches All-American college men's basketball players United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I United States Marines People from Marshall County, Indiana Coaches of American football from Indiana Players of American football from Indiana Basketball players from Indiana Deaths from kidney disease