Talbot Talmage Hunter (October 9, 1884 – November 9, 1928) was a Canadian college

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, and

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coach. He served as a coach at

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, the

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at West Point, and

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Biography

Hunter was a native of

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, and attended the

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. He coached the

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from the 1909–10 season through the 1911–12 season.Men's Hockey - Year-by-Year
Cornell University, retrieved August 1, 2010. He led the Big Red to the 1912 intercollegiate hockey championship. In 1914, Hunter returned to Cornell to take over the

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, and later, the hockey team. In 1915, his responsibilities were increased to include those of head coach for the lacrosse team, of which he was the first non-student-coach. Hunter coached the lacrosse team for two seasons and amassed a 7–8–1 record. Hunter was the first person to coach all three sports at Cornell.Hunter To Coach Cornell Teams
''The New York Times'', October 16, 1914. His Cornell soccer teams compiled a 2–5–5 record over his two seasons, and his hockey teams amassed a 20–15–0 record. In 1919, he was hired as head coach of the

hockey, lacrosse, and soccer teams. Hunter coached the Army lacrosse team from 1921 to 1923, and compiled a 16–5–1 record. In 1923, he led Army to an 8–1–1 record and its first national championship in lacrosse. He coached the hockey team from 1921 to 1923 and compiled a 12–12–2 record. Hunter served as the head coach for the

lacrosse team in 1927 and amassed a 3–8 record. He began 1928 as coach, but fell ill midway through the season and was replaced by H. W. Jeffers.

Head coaching record

Ice hockey

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Talbot 1884 births 1928 deaths Army Black Knights men's ice hockey coaches Army Black Knights men's lacrosse coaches Canadian soccer coaches Cornell Big Red men's soccer coaches Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse coaches Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse coaches Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey coaches Yale Bulldogs men's lacrosse coaches Yale Bulldogs men's soccer coaches University of Toronto alumni People from Old Toronto Lacrosse people from Ontario Soccer people from Ontario Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey coaches Ice hockey people from Ontario