Nate Lippe was inducted
into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame as a coach, but probably
could have made it as an athlete. A native of Cleveland, Nate was
one of Geneva College’s top athletes during the golden era of the
1920s: in football, he was the starting quarterback in football from 1923
to 1925 and was twice named to the Tri State All Star team, and in
basketball earned Tri State honors twice and All State honors
in his senior year. After his playing days, Nate excelled as a coach at three Beaver County
high schools, which covered a total of 27 years. From 1927 to 1947, his
Aliquippa High School basketball teams compiled a 288-13 record,
winning 13 section championships and competing twice for the
WPIAL title. His 1941 Quip cagers were the first in the history of
the school to finish the regular season unbeaten. Nate also coached
baseball, football, and track at Aliquippa High, and his baseball
teams twice won WPIAL titles. He retired in 1947 and spent 13 years in
private business, but the urge to coach was too much for Nate and he
returned as basketball coach at Beaver Falls High School (1960-1963)
and then at Hopewell High for three years before retiring for good
at the age of 65. Nate died in 1967.
Nate Lippe was inducted
into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame as a coach, but probably
could have made it as an athlete. A native of Cleveland, Nate was
one of Geneva College’s top athletes during the golden era of the
1920s: in football, he was the starting quarterback in football from 1923
to 1925 and was twice named to the Tri State All Star team, and in
basketball earned Tri State honors twice and All State honors
in his senior year. After his playing days, Nate excelled as a coach at three Beaver County
high schools, which covered a total of 27 years. From 1927 to 1947, his
Aliquippa High School basketball teams compiled a 288-13 record,
winning 13 section championships and competing twice for the
WPIAL title. His 1941 Quip cagers were the first in the history of
the school to finish the regular season unbeaten. Nate also coached
baseball, football, and track at Aliquippa High, and his baseball
teams twice won WPIAL titles. He retired in 1947 and spent 13 years in
private business, but the urge to coach was too much for Nate and he
returned as basketball coach at Beaver Falls High School (1960-1963)
and then at Hopewell High for three years before retiring for good
at the age of 65. Nate died in 1967.