George Buchheit

George Buchheit
The Illio, 1920
Biographical details
Born(1898-03-22)March 22, 1898
Beardstown, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 1972(1972-05-24) (aged 74)
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1918Illinois
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932–1935Bloomsburg
1936Bloomsburg (line)
1940–1941Bloomsburg
1945Bloomsburg
Basketball
1919–1924Kentucky
1924–1928Duke
1932–1943Bloomsburg
1944–1946Bloomsburg
Head coaching record
Overall15–26–4 (football)
163–132 (basketball)

George Clifford Buchheit[1] (March 22, 1898 – May 24, 1972) was an American college basketball coach. He was the head of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team of the University of Kentucky from 1920 to 1924, where he compiled a 44–27 record. From 1924 to 1928, Buchheit was the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team of Duke University.

From 1932 to 1945, he was the head coach for the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania football team and compiled a 15–27–4 record.[2]

Buchheit attended University of Illinois.

  1. ^ Duke University's Chanticleer, 1926
  2. ^ George C. Buchheit Records by Year Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved February 6, 2009.