Arnie Lerum | |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1879 |
Birth Place: | Norway |
Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1899–1901 |
Player Team1: | Wisconsin |
Player Positions: | Guard |
Coach Years1: | 1904 |
Coach Team1: | Stevens Point Normal |
Overall Record: | 1–2 |
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Arne Christopher Lerum (July 20, 1879 – June 25, 1911) was a Norwegian-American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point–then known as Stevens Point Normal School–in 1904, compiling a record of 1–2.[1] Lerum selected as a guard on the 1901 All-Western college football team while playing for Wisconsin.[2] Lerum immigrated to the United States from Bergen, Norway when he was 14. He was active in politics in as a Republican in the state of Wisconsin. Lerum died on cancer on June 25, 1911, in Madison, Wisconsin.[3]