Walter Hempel (coach)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 15, 1876 Dresden, Germany |
| Died | June 17, 1949 (aged 73) Lake Tahoe, Nevada, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Pomona |
| 1905 | Sherman Institute (CA) |
| 1907–1908 | St. Vincent's (CA) |
| Baseball | |
| 1903 | North Dakota |
| Track | |
| 1899 | Knox (IL) |
| 1901 | Northwestern |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1903 | North Dakota |
| 1906–1907 | St. Vincent's (CA) |
Walter Hempel (February 15, 1876 – June 17, 1949) was an American football, baseball and track and field coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Pomona College in 1903 and at St. Vincent's College in Los Angeles, California, from 1907 to 1908.[2] Hempel later worked in real estate in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He was killed there on June 17, 1949, in an apparent robbery-murder by 29-year-old Mark Donnelly, an ex-convict with prior convictions for robbery, burglary, and auto theft.[3] Donnelly was briefly questioned in the murder of oilman W.A. Thornton.[4] In November 1949, Donnelly was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison after the jury recommended mercy.[5] He was denied parole in 1958.[6]
References
- ^ "Who's Who in California". Marquis Who's Who. 1928. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "Los Angeles Then". Los Angeles Times. May 29, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Real Estate Dealer Slain at Lake Tahoe". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. June 20, 1949. p. 9. Retrieved September 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "1949 Jul 14 Oakland Tribune - Hempel and other murder linked". Oakland Tribune. July 14, 1949. p. 27. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
- ^ "Article clipped from The Press-Tribune". The Press-Tribune. November 4, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
- ^ "Court activity". Reno Gazette-Journal. November 20, 1958. p. 13. Retrieved November 18, 2025.