Frederick Schule

Frederick Schule

Schule at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis
Personal information
Full name	Frederick William Schule
Born	(1879-09-27)September 27, 1879 Preston, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 14, 1962(1962-09-14) (aged 82) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Hurdles
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1904 St. Louis 110 m hurdles

Frederick William Schule (September 27, 1879 – September 14, 1962) was an American track and field athlete, football player, athletic coach, teacher, bacteriologist, and engineer. He competed for the track and field teams at the University of Wisconsin from 1900 to 1901 and at the University of Michigan in 1904. He was also a member of the undefeated 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team that outscored its opponents 565 to 6.

In 1904, Schule won the gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.^[1] From 1905 to 1907, he was employed as the director of the gymnasium and coach of the football and basketball teams at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.

Schule also worked as a school teacher in Wausau and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and as an assayer and bacteriologist in Utah and Chicago. He later worked as an engineer and superintendent for Westinghouse Lamp Company. In 2008, he was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Track & Field Hall of Fame.