Eugene Oberst
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. 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. Oberst served as the head football coach at Washington and Lee University (1929–1930), Canisius College (1931–1932), and John Carroll University (1946).
Oberst pictured in The Calyx 1930, Washington and Lee yearbook | |||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 23, 1901 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 30, 1991 (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
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