Biff Hoffman
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Clifford Ellsworth "Biff" Hoffman (1904 – January 29, 1954) was an American football player.
Early life
Hoffman attended Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then went on to attend Stanford University.[1]
Track and field
At Stanford, Hoffman was on the track and field team, where he threw the
1925 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships.[2]
Stanford football
Hoffman was also a
Pitt Panthers. Behind 6–0 in the third quarter, Hoffman caught a screen pass and raced toward the end zone, but fumbled short of the goal line; another Stanford player, Frankie Wilton, picked up the fumble and ran the ball in for the touchdown. Hoffman then kicked the extra point and the score held, giving Stanford a 7–6 victory, its first Rose Bowl win in four attempts.[3] Hoffman was retroactively named the game's most outstanding player when the award was created in 1954.[5]
After football
In 1930, Hoffman married fellow Stanford graduate Claire Giannini, daughter of Bank of America founder Amadeo Giannini.[6][7] Hoffman worked as an investment banker in San Francisco, and died in 1954 of complications related to an ulcer in his esophagus.[8][9]
References
- ^ Spalding, John E. "San Francisco vs. East Bay High School All-Star Football, 1932 to 1938" (PDF). California Interscholastic Federation San Francisco. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Hubbard smashes broad jump record". The New York Times. June 13, 1925. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 1-57167-116-1. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. pp. 76–81. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 15, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Rose Bowl MVPs". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ISBN 978-1-4389-5493-6.
- ^ "C. E. Hoffman Weds Claire Giannini" (PDF). The New York Times. May 25, 1930. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Clifford Hoffman dies" (PDF). The New York Times. January 30, 1954. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Biff Hoffman dies". Spokane Daily Chronicle. January 29, 1954. Retrieved October 29, 2010.