Ferdinand Holtkamp Explained

Ferdinand Holtkamp
Death Date:1944 (aged 55)
Death Place:Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1916–1919
Player Team2:Ohio State
Player Positions:Center
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1920–1921
Coach Team2:Mississippi A&M
Coach Years3:1922–1925
Coach Team3:Western Reserve
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1922–1925
Coach Team5:Western Reserve
Overall Record:25–26–3 (football)
21–25 (basketball)

Ferdinand G. "Fritz" Holtkamp (– 1944) was an American college football and college basketball coach] He served as the head football coach at Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College—now known as Mississippi State University—from 1920 to 1921 and Western Reserve University—now a part of Case Western Reserve University—from 1922 to 1925, compiling a career college football coaching record of 25–26–3. During his two-season tenure at Mississippi A&M, Holtkamp compiled a record of 9–7–1)[1] [2] Holtkamp was also the head basketball coach at Western Reserve from 1922 to 1925.

Holtkamp played college football at Ohio State University as a center from 1916 to 1919. He died in 1944 at the age of 55 at Pearl Harbor following a long illness. He had been employed at the naval base as a civilian in construction.[3]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeLassus . David . Fred Holtkamp Records by Year . . February 19, 2012 . November 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121106172510/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1102 . dead .
  2. Book: 2006 Mississippi State Football Media Guide . Joe . Galbraith . Mike . Nemeth . 2006 . EBSCO Media . Birmingham, Alabama . 128 . February 19, 2012 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211012443/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_06mg_history.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=16800 . December 11, 2013 .
  3. News: Buck Star of Harley Era Dies in Hawaii . The Logan Daily News . . . November 9, 1944 . 5 . August 23, 2015 . .