Arthur Rueber Explained

Arthur Rueber
Birth Date:9 August 1883
Birth Place:Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1903–1905
Player Team2:Northwestern
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Team4:Northwestern
Player Years5:1906
Player Team5:Bartlesville Indians
Player Years6:1906
Player Team6:Chanute Browns
Player Positions:Halfback (football)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1906
Coach Team2:Grant
Coach Years3:1907–1908
Coach Team3:Whitworth
Coach Years4:1909–1912
Coach Team4:North Dakota Agricultural
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1909–1913
Coach Team6:North Dakota Agricultural
Coach Sport7:Basketball
Coach Years8:1909–1913
Coach Team8:North Dakota Agricultural
Admin Years1:1909–1913
Admin Team1:North Dakota Agricultural
Overall Record: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.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Book: McClafferty, Carla Killough. Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment. September 1, 2013. Carolrhoda Books. 9781467710671. December 2, 2019.
  2. Web site: Arthur Reuber. Baseball-Reference. December 2, 2019.
  3. News: . New Football Coach Arrives . . . September 17, 1907 . 7 . June 14, 2023 . .