Fred Luehring Explained

Fred Luehring
Birth Date:1881
Birth Place:Hanover, Kansas, U.S.
Death Date: (aged 99)
Death Place:Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma Mater:Chicago (Ph.M. 1907)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1901–1904
Player Team2:North Central (IL)
Player Years3:1905
Player Team3:Chicago
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Years5:1905–1906
Player Team5:Chicago
Player Positions:End (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1906–1909
Coach Team2:Ripon
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1906–1910
Coach Team4:Ripon
Coach Years5:1913–1920
Coach Team5:Princeton
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1907–1912
Coach Team7:Ripon
Coach Sport8:Swimming
Coach Years9:1921–1922
Coach Team9:Nebraska
Admin Years1:1906–1910
Admin Team1:Ripon
Admin Years2:c. 1918
Admin Team2:Princeton (acting AD)
Admin Years3:1920–1922
Admin Team3:Nebraska
Admin Years4:1922–1930
Admin Team4:Minnesota
Admin Years5:1932
Admin Team5:US Olympic Swimming Committee
Overall Record:21–3–1 (football)
125–61 (basketball)
11–6–1 (baseball)

Frederick William Luehring (1882 – February 1, 1981) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and swimming coach college athletics administrator.[1] He served as the head football coach at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin from 1906 to 1909, compiling a record of 20–3–1.[2] Luehring was the head basketball coach at Ripon from 1906 to 1910 and at Princeton University from 1913 to 1920, amassing a career college basketball coaching mark of 125–61.[3]

Luehring was credited with starting the swim team at the University of Nebraska in 1921 and later served as a committee member of the US Olympic Swimming team.[4]

As a college athlete, Luehring excelled at North Central University and then at the University of Chicago under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.[5]

In addition to his athletic pursuits Luehring also was an art collector. A selection of prints by Honore Daumier of people swimming were exhibited at Lehigh University Art Gallery in 1958 with the assistance of Head Curator Francis Quirk.[6]

Luehring died at the age of 99, on February 1, 1981, at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frederick Luehring. riponredhawks.com. October 18, 2018.
  2. Web site: All-time Ripon College Men's Basketball Coaching Records by Wins. Ripon College. October 18, 2018.
  3. Web site: Fred Luehring. Sports-Reference. October 18, 2018.
  4. Web site: Frederick W. Luehring. International Swimming Hall of Fame. November 28, 2018.
  5. News: Frederick Luehring, 99, Is Dead; Coached Basketball at Princeton. New York Times. February 17, 1981. November 28, 2018.
  6. News: February 14, 1958. Library Shows Athletics in Art. Brown and White. November 23, 2021.
  7. News: . Frederick Luehring, 99, devoted to athletics throughout his life . . . February 5, 1981 . 36 . December 7, 2020 . .