Steve Hokuf
Stephen Melvin Hokuf was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Nebraska [Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers] and professionally in the National Football League as a quarterback and fullback for the Boston Redskins from 1933 to 1935. Hokuf served as the head football coach at Lafayette College from 1952 to 1957, compiling a record of 25–27.
Hokuf also competed on the Nebraska basketball team and track and field team, where he was a Big Six Conference champion in the javelin throw.
Prior to his head coaching stint at Lafayette, Hokuf was an assistant football coach at a number of other colleges: Colorado School of Mines, the University of Wyoming, Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh. He also coached for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference from 1947 to 1948. Hokuf earned a master's degree in education at the University of Wyoming and a doctorate in education from Columbia University in 1951. From 1958 to 1979, he worked in the athletic department at Baltimore Junior College—now Baltimore [City Community College]—serving as athletic director and coach of football and golf.
Hofuk died of a stroke on July 1, 2000, at his home in the Broadmead Retirement Community located in Cockeysville, Maryland.