Red Oberbruner
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Ashland, Wisconsin | October 5, 1918
Died | September 6, 1991 Burlington, Wisconsin | (aged 72)
Playing career | |
Basketball | |
1938–1940 | Notre Dame |
1941–1942 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
Baseball | |
1939–1940 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) | Forward, guard (basketball) Catcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1948–1961 | Milton |
Baseball | |
1970–1991 | Wisconsin–Parkside |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 40–38–2 (football) |
Kenneth Lewis "Red" Oberbruner (October 5, 1918 – September 6, 1991) was an American basketball and baseball player and college sports coach and administrator. He served as the head football coach at Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1961, compiling a record of 40–38–2. Oberbruner died on September 6, 1991, at his home in Burlington, Wisconsin.[1]
Oberbruner played professional basketball for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons for two seasons – the first while it was an independent team, and the next in the National Basketball League (NBL) during 1941–42.[2][3][4] He averaged 2.2 points per game in the NBL.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Milton Wildcats (Badger-Illini Conference) (1948–1961) | |||||||||
1948 | Milton | 3–4 | |||||||
1949 | Milton | 6–2 | |||||||
1950 | Milton | 2–3–2 | |||||||
1951 | Milton | 5–1 | |||||||
1952 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
1953 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
1954 | Milton | 3–2 | |||||||
1955 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
1956 | Milton | 6–0 | 1st | ||||||
1957 | Milton | 0–5 | |||||||
1958 | Milton | 0–2 | |||||||
1959 | Milton | 1–3 | |||||||
1960 | Milton | 1–4 | |||||||
1961 | Milton | 4–3 | 1st | ||||||
Milton: | 40–38–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 40–38–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Parkside's Oberbruner dies at 72". Racine Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. September 7, 1991. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ a b "Kenneth Oberbruner NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Red Oberbruner". Peach Basket Society. December 9, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- ^ "Red Oberbruner Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
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