![]() Oberst pictured in The Calyx 1930, Washington and Lee yearbook | |||||||||||||||
Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. | July 23, 1901||||||||||||||
Died | May 30, 1991 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 89)||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||
Football | |||||||||||||||
1920 | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||
1922–1923 | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||
Track and field | |||||||||||||||
1922–1924 | Notre Dame | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Tackle (football) | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
Football | |||||||||||||||
1926–1927 | Roman Catholic HS (PA) | ||||||||||||||
1929–1930 | Washington and Lee | ||||||||||||||
1931–1932 | Canisius | ||||||||||||||
1936–1942 | John Carroll (line) | ||||||||||||||
1946 | John Carroll | ||||||||||||||
Basketball | |||||||||||||||
1945–1946 | John Carroll | ||||||||||||||
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
1947–1951 | John Carroll | ||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
Overall | 9–25–5 (college football) 15–3–1 (high school football) 4–11 (college basketball) | ||||||||||||||
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Eugene G. Oberst (July 23, 1901 – May 30, 1991) was an American football player, track and field athlete, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. Oberst was born the youngest of eleven children.[1] A native of Owensboro, Kentucky, he played football at the University of Notre Dame in the 1920s under coach Knute Rockne, and competed in track and field as a javelin thrower. He won the Olympic bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris.[2] Oberst served as the head football coach at Washington and Lee University (1929–1930), Canisius College (1931–1932), and John Carroll University (1946).[1]
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