| Ralph Mitterling | |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Freeburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1911–1914 |
| Player Team2: | Ursinus |
| Player Years3: | 1916 |
| Player Team3: | Springfield |
| Player Sport4: | Baseball |
| Player Years5: | 1916 |
| Player Team5: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) Outfielder |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team2: | Ursinus |
| Coach Years3: | 1923 |
| Coach Team3: | Susquehanna |
| Coach Years4: | 1924 |
| Coach Team4: | Schuylkill (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1926–1935 |
| Coach Team5: | East Stroudsburg |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1919–1921 |
| Coach Team7: | Ursinus |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1920–1921 |
| Coach Team9: | Ursinus |
| Coach Years10: | 1927–1936 |
| Coach Team10: | East Stroudsburg |
| Coach Years11: | 1939–1954 |
| Coach Team11: | Pittsburgh |
| Admin Years1: | 1919–1921 |
| Admin Team1: | Ursinus |
| Overall Record: | 47–52–7 (football) 17–28 (basketball) 173–155–2 (baseball) |
| Ralph Mitterling | |
| Position: | Outfielder |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | April 19, 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Freeburg, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | July 7 |
| Debutyear: | 1916 |
| Debutteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 21 |
| Finalyear: | 1916 |
| Finalteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .154 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 0 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 2 |
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Ralph "Sarge" Mitterling (April 19, 1890 – January 22, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He served in the US Army during World War I. Mitterling was the head football coach at Ursinus College from 1919 to 1920, at Susquehanna University in 1923, and at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College—now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1926 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 47–52–7. He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–28, and the head baseball coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1954, amassing a record of 89–106–1. Mitterling died on January 22, 1956, at Veteran's Hospital in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]