Fred Luehring

Fred Luehring
Biographical details
Born1881
Hanover, Kansas, U.S.
Died(1981-02-01)February 1, 1981 (aged 99)
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materChicago (Ph.M. 1907)
Playing career
Football
1901–1904North Central (IL)
1905Chicago
Basketball
1905–1906Chicago
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1909Ripon
Basketball
1906–1910Ripon
1913–1920Princeton
Baseball
1907–1912Ripon
Swimming
1921–1922Nebraska
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1906–1910Ripon
c. 1918Princeton (acting AD)
1920–1922Nebraska
1922–1930Minnesota
1932US Olympic Swimming Committee
Head coaching record
Overall21–3–1 (football)
125–61 (basketball)
11–6–1 (baseball)

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]

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

Football

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

  1. ^ "Frederick Luehring". riponredhawks.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "All-time Ripon College Men's Basketball Coaching Records by Wins". Ripon College. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "Fred Luehring". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Frederick W. Luehring". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Frederick Luehring, 99, Is Dead; Coached Basketball at Princeton". New York Times. February 17, 1981. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "Library Shows Athletics in Art". Brown and White. February 14, 1958. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "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 Open access icon.