About Howard Watson Ambruster
Lived 1878 – 1961 (aged 82). Howard Watson Ambruster was an American head coach.
Howard Watson Ambruster (1879 – January 10, 1961) was an American football coach, chemical engineer, actor, and lecturer. He was the head football coach at Rutgers University for one season, in 1895, compiling a record of 3–4. Armbruster also played tennis and competed in the 1899 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships.
Ambruster attended Germantown Academy. He entered the University of Pennsylvania with class of 1899, but left the school before graduating to coach football at Rutgers. A longtime resident of Westfield, New Jersey, he moved to Fanwood, New Jersey in 1949, and died at his home there, at the age of 82, on January 10, 1961. He was interred at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Who was Howard Watson Ambruster?
American football coach (1878-1961)
When was Howard Watson Ambruster born?
Howard Watson Ambruster was born on 12 August 1878.
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Howard Watson Ambruster died on 10 January 1961 in Fanwood.
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Howard Watson Ambruster was a head coach.
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Howard Watson Ambruster was American.
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