Frederick William Luehring (1882 – February 1, 1981) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and swimming coach college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1906 to 1909, compiling a record of 20–3–1.[2] Luehring was the head basketball coach at Ripon from 1906 to 1910 and at Princeton University from 1913 to 1920, amassing a career college basketball coaching mark of 125–61.[3]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1881 Hanover, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | February 1, 1981 (aged 99) Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Chicago (Ph.M. 1907) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1901–1904 | North Central (IL) |
| 1905 | Chicago |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1906 | Chicago |
| Position(s) | End (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906–1909 | Ripon |
| Basketball | |
| 1906–1910 | Ripon |
| 1913–1920 | Princeton |
| Baseball | |
| 1907–1912 | Ripon |
| Swimming | |
| 1921–1922 | Nebraska |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1906–1910 | Ripon |
| c. 1918 | Princeton (acting AD) |
| 1920–1922 | Nebraska |
| 1922–1930 | Minnesota |
| 1932 | US Olympic Swimming Committee |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 21–3–1 (football) 125–61 (basketball) 11–6–1 (baseball) |
Luehring was credited with starting the swim team at the University of Nebraska in 1921 and later served as a committee member of the US Olympic Swimming team.[4]
As a college athlete, Luehring excelled at North Central University and then at the University of Chicago under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.[5]
In addition to his athletic pursuits Luehring also was an art collector. A selection of prints by Honore Daumier of people swimming were exhibited at Lehigh University Art Gallery in 1958 with the assistance of Head Curator Francis Quirk.[6]
Luehring died at the age of 99, on February 1, 1981, at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.[7]
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripon Crimson (Independent) (1906–1909) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Ripon | 5–0–1 | |||||||
| 1907 | Ripon | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1908 | Ripon | 5–0 | |||||||
| 1909 | Ripon | 6–1 | |||||||
| Ripon: | 21–3–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 21–3–1 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Frederick Luehring". riponredhawks.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "All-time Ripon College Men's Basketball Coaching Records by Wins". Ripon College. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Fred Luehring". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Frederick W. Luehring". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Frederick Luehring, 99, Is Dead; Coached Basketball at Princeton". New York Times. February 17, 1981. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Library Shows Athletics in Art". Brown and White. February 14, 1958. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Frederick Luehring, 99, devoted to athletics throughout his life". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February 5, 1981. p. 36. Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
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