Hank Foldberg Henry Christian " Hank " Foldberg , Sr . ( March 12 , 1923 – March 7 , 2001 ) , a 1944 graduate of Sunset High School in Dallas , Texas , was an American college and professional football player who became a college football coach . Foldberg played college football for Texas A & M University and the U . S . Military Academy , and thereafter , he played professionally for the Chicago Hornets and Brooklyn Dodgers of the All - America Football Conference ( AAFC ) . He later served as the head football coach of Wichita State University and Texas A & M University . Early years . Foldberg was born in Dallas , Texas . College career . Foldberg attended Texas A & M University in College Station , Texas , where he played for the Texas A & M Aggies football team for a single season in 1942 . He received an appointment to the U . S . Military Academy at West Point , New York , and played tight end for coach Earl Blaik ' s Army Black Knights football team from 1944 to 1946 . Army produced back - to - back undefeated 9 – 0 records in 1944 and 1945 , and the Black Knights were recognized as the Associated Press national champions following both seasons . As a senior in 1946 , Army was again undefeated at at 9 – 0 – 1 , and Foldberg was recognized as a consensus first - team All - American at tight end . As a cadet athlete , he also earned varsity letters in lacrosse and baseball . Foldberg resigned from the U . S . Military Academy in 1948 , a year short of graduation , citing family financial hardship . Professional career . The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ( NFL ) drafted Foldberg in the fifth round ( twenty - eighth pick overall ) in the 1947 NFL Draft , but he decided to remain in school at West Point for another year . He played professional football in 1948 and 1949 , first with Branch Rickey ' s Brooklyn Dodgers of the AAFC in 1948 , and then with the AAFC ' s Chicago Hornets in 1949 . In his two seasons as a pro , he played in twenty - five games , and started fifteen , while catching thirty - one passes for 331 yards . Three teams from the AAFC merged into the NFL in 1950 , and the AAFC ceased to exist thereafter . Coaching career . Foldberg ' s first coaching job was a 1950 assistantship with the Purdue Boilermakers of Purdue University in West Lafayette , Indiana . The following year , he returned to College Station , Texas to become a Texas A & M Aggies assistant . One of Foldberg ' s former assistant coaches from Army ' s 1944 and 1945 national championship teams , Bob Woodruff , became the head coach for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , and invited Foldberg to join the Gators coaching staff in 1952 . Foldberg remained one of Woodruff ' s principal assistants through the 1959 season . Among other duties , Foldberg served as the Gators line coach . From 1960 to 1961 , Foldberg served as the head football coach at the University of Wichita ( now Wichita State University ) in Wichita , Kansas , where his Wichita Shockers teams compiled a 16 – 5 record in two seasons , and won two consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships . After the 1961 regular season , he accepted an offer to become the head football coach and athletic director at Texas A & M University , telling his Wichita Shockers players that it was the only job for which he would leave Wichita . He had previously turned down an offer from the University of Nebraska to coach the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team . Foldberg ' s 1961 Shockers were defeated 17 – 9 by the Villanova Wildcats in the December 1961 Sun Bowl . Foldberg coached the Texas A & M Aggies football team for three seasons from 1962 to 1964 . He inherited an Aggies program that had not had a winning season since former Aggies coach Bear Bryant left for the University of Alabama after the 1957 season . He was unable to duplicate his successful turnaround of the Wichita Shockers program , compiled an overall record of 6 – 23 – 1 as the Aggies head coach , and was replaced by Gene Stallings after the 1965 season . He resigned as the Aggies ' athletic director in July 1965 . Life after football . Folberg was married to the former Margaret Smith , and they had a son and a daughter . After he left the coaching profession , he entered the real estate business in Arkansas . Foldberg ' s son , Hank Foldberg , Jr . , later played tight end for the Florida Gators football team from 1971 to 1973 . Foldberg died at his home in Bella Vista , Arkansas ; he was 77 years old .