Gil Krueger Explained

Gil Krueger
Birth Date:28 May 1929
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:Marquette
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1949–1951
Player Team4:Marquette
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1954–1955
Coach Team2:Grantsburg HS (WI) (assistant)
Coach Years3:1956–1963
Coach Team3:Stoughton HS (WI)
Coach Years4:1964–1965
Coach Team4:North Central (IL) (assistant)
Coach Years5:1966–1968
Coach Team5:Macalester
Coach Years6:1969–1973
Coach Team6:Platteville State / Wisconsin–Platteville
Coach Years7:1974–1977
Coach Team7:Northern Michigan
Coach Years8:1978–1982
Coach Team8:New Mexico State
Coach Years9:1983
Coach Team9:New Jersey Generals (assistant)
Coach Years10:1984–1987
Coach Team10:Wisconsin–Superior
Overall Record:104–114–4 (college football)
52–11–1 (high school football)
Tournament Record:0–1 (NAIA D-I playoffs)
4–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Championships:1 NCAA Division II (1975)
3 WIAC (1969–1971)
1 MVC (1978)

Gilbert John Krueger (May 28, 1929 – October 30, 2016) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Macalester College from 1966 to 1968, the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1969 to 1973, Northern Michigan University from 1974 to 1977, New Mexico State University from 1978 to 1982, and the University of Wisconsin–Superior from 1984 to 1987, compiling a career college football record of 104–114–4. At Northern Michigan, his team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship in 1975. He died in 2016, aged 87.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1975 NMU National Champion Football Coach Gil Krueger dies.