Claude Rothgeb

Claude Rothgeb
	Rothgeb pictured in The Campanile 1929, Rice yearbook
Biographical details
Born	January 1, 1880; Milford, Illinois
Died	July 5, 1944 (aged 64); Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Playing career
Football
1900	Illinois
1902–1904	Illinois
Baseball
1904–1905	Illinois
1905	Washington Senators
Position(s)	End (football); Right fielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1909	Colorado Agricultural
1910–1918	Colorado College
1922	Illinois (ends)
1925	Texas A&M (assistant)
1927	Rice (line)
1928	Rice
Basketball
1905–1908	Colorado Agricultural
1909–1910	Colorado Agricultural
1915–1919	Colorado College
Baseball
1925–1927	Texas A&M
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1906–1910	Colorado Agricultural
Head coaching record
Overall	47–36–3 (football); 34–12 (basketball); 38–23–2 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 RMAC (1910)
Awards
	Football; All-American, 1904

Claude James Rothgeb (January 1, 1880 – July 5, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Agricultural College of Colorado, now Colorado State University, from 1906 to 1909, at Colorado College from 1910 to 1918, and at Rice University in 1928, compiling a career college football record of 47–36–3. Rothgeb played football and basketball and ran track at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, from which he graduated in 1905. He played for Major League Baseball's Washington Senators in 1905.

Rothgeb died at Voss' Birchwood Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.^[1]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Colorado Agricultural Aggies (Colorado Football Association) (1906–1908)
1906	Colorado Agricultural	1–2–1
1907	Colorado Agricultural	1–4
1908	Colorado Agricultural	1–3
Colorado Agricultural Aggies (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1909)
1909	Colorado Agricultural	1–2
Colorado Agricultural:		4–11–1
Colorado College Tigers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1910–1918)
1910	Colorado College	7–0	5–0	1st
1911	Colorado College	4–3	3–2	4th
1912	Colorado College	5–4	2–4	5th
1913	Colorado College	5–2–1	2–2–1	T–3rd
1914	Colorado College	4–1–1	3–1–1	3rd
1915	Colorado College	6–2	3–2	4th
1916	Colorado College	6–1	4–1	2nd
1917	Colorado College	3–3	2–3	T–5th
1918	Colorado College	1–2	1–2	T–3rd
Colorado College:		41–18–2	25–17–2
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1928)
1928	Rice	2–7	0–5	7th
Rice:		2–7	0–5
Total:		6–18–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.