Arthur Rueber
American football and baseball player and coach
 Rueber playing for Northwestern in 1905 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1883-08-09)August 9, 1883 Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 1968(1968-09-01) (aged 85) Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1903–1905 | Northwestern |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1905 | Northwestern |
| 1906 | Bartlesville Indians |
| 1906 | Chanute Browns |
| Position(s) | Halfback (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906 | Grant |
| 1907–1908 | Whitworth |
| 1909–1912 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1913 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Basketball | |
| 1909–1913 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1909–1913 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–13–1 (football) 12–7–1 (basketball) 35–17 (baseball) |
Charles Arthur Rueber (August 9, 1883 – September 1, 1968; sometimes spelled Reuber) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.
Playing career
Rueber was a starting halfback at Northwestern University in 1905.[1]
He also spent one summer playing minor league baseball for the Bartlesville Indians and Chanute Browns of the Kansas State League in 1906.[2]
Coaching career
Rueber served as the head football coach at U.S. Grant Memorial University—now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga–in 1906, Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington from 1907 to 1908, and the North Dakota Agricultural School—now known as North Dakota State University—from 1909 to 1912.[3] At North Dakota Agricultural, he was also the head baseball coach from 1909 to 1913.[citation needed]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant (Independent) (1906) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Grant | 3–3 | |||||||
| Grant: | 3–3 | ||||||||
| Whitworth Pirates (Independent) (1907–1908) | |||||||||
| 1907 | Whitworth | 1–2 | |||||||
| 1908 | Whitworth | 6–1 | |||||||
| Whitworth: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural Aggies (Independent) (1909–1912) | |||||||||
| 1909 | North Dakota Agricultural | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | North Dakota Agricultural | 2–3 | |||||||
| 1911 | North Dakota Agricultural | 3–1 | |||||||
| 1912 | North Dakota Agricultural | 5–1 | |||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural: | 12–7–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 22–13–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ McClafferty, Carla Killough (September 1, 2013). Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment. Carolrhoda Books. ISBN 9781467710671. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "Arthur Reuber". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ "New Football Coach Arrives". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. Tacoma, Washington. September 17, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved June 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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External links
- Arthur Rueber at Find a Grave
