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Ralph Mitterling

1890 – 1956

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach

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Lived 1890 – 1956 (aged 65). Ralph Mitterling was an American baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.

Ralph "Sarge" Mitterling (April 19, 1890 – January 22, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He served in the US Army during World War I. Mitterling was the head football coach at Ursinus College from 1919 to 1920, at Susquehanna University in 1923, and at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College—now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1926 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 47–52–7. He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–28, and the head baseball coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1954, amassing a record of 89–106–1. Mitterling died on January 22, 1956, at Veteran's Hospital in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Springfield College, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

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Who was Ralph Mitterling?

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (1890-1956)

When was Ralph Mitterling born?

Ralph Mitterling was born on 19 April 1890 in Freeburg.

When did Ralph Mitterling die?

Ralph Mitterling died on 22 January 1956 in Pittsburgh.

What was Ralph Mitterling's occupation?

Ralph Mitterling was a baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.

What nationality was Ralph Mitterling?

Ralph Mitterling was American.

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· Wikipedia: Ralph Mitterling

· Wikidata: Q7287869

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