Dutch Lonborg
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
About Dutch Lonborg
Lived 1898 – 1985 (aged 86). Dutch Lonborg was an American basketball player, baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.
Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg (March 16, 1898 – January 31, 1985) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator.
Basketball The Gardner, Illinois native coached for 23 years at McPherson College, Washburn College, and Northwestern University. Lonborg graduated in 1921 from University of Kansas, having played two years under coach Phog Allen.
In 1921 Dutch won an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) title as a player with the Kansas City Athletic Club Blue Diamonds. In 1925 he coached Washburn College to an AAU title, the last time a college team won that championship. Later he coached at Northwestern, getting 237 wins during his time there, and leading them to Big Ten Conference championships in 1931 and 1933. His 1930–31 team finished the season with a 16–1 record, was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. He had an overall 323–217 college coaching record at all three schools.
After he retired from coaching, he became chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960, succeeding Harold Olsen. He was the U.S. Olympic team manager for the 1960 Olympics. He also served as the Kansas Jayhawks athletic director from 1950 to 1963.
Lonborgwas inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973 as a coach.
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Due to a scoring error during the Notre Dame game in 1936, a game which was originally ruled a 21–20 win for Notre Dame was determined to be a tie when it was discovered Notre Dame had received one more point than they had actually scored. Notre Dame returned to the court to finish the game, but Northwestern refused to return to the court. The Wildcats left the building and the game was deemed a tie.
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Who was Dutch Lonborg?
American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1898-1985)
When was Dutch Lonborg born?
Dutch Lonborg was born on 16 March 1898 in Gardner.
When did Dutch Lonborg die?
Dutch Lonborg died on 31 January 1985 in Lawrence.
What was Dutch Lonborg's occupation?
Dutch Lonborg was a basketball player, baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.
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Dutch Lonborg was American.
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