Eugene Oberst

Eugene Oberst

Oberst pictured in The Calyx 1930, Washington and Lee yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1901-07-23)July 23, 1901 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	May 30, 1991(1991-05-30) (aged 89) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1924 Paris Javelin throw

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]