C. A. Lueder

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Charles Augustus Lueder
Title Head coach
College Virginia Tech, West Virginia University
Sport Football
Career highlights
Overall 22-14-3
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Playing career
1898, 1900-1902 Cornell University
Position Left Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903
1904-1907
1908-1911		 Virginia Tech
Cornell University (assistant)
West Virginia University

Charles Augustus Lueder was a American head coach in both rowing and college football . He was native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and was know as a talented athlete while attending Cornell University.


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[edit] Cornell University

1901 Cornell Varsity 8 oared Rowing Team - Lueder is 5th from the left
1901 Cornell Varsity 8 oared Rowing Team - Lueder is 5th from the left

Lueder graduated from Cornell University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1902.[1] He was one of the first students to excel in three varsity sports there, competing under three legendary coaches: football under Glenn Scobey Warner, track under Jack Moakley, and crew under Charles E. Courtney. His undergraduate success led to his membership in the Quill and Dagger society.

Lueder was considered one of the strongest athletes Cornell has ever developed at the time.[2] In 1901, Lueder was part of Cornell’s world record-setting eight oared varsity crew at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship Regatta in Poughkeepsie, New York. This crew broke the world record for a four mile coarse with a time of 18 minutes, 53⅓ seconds. [3] In 1956 he was an inaugural inductee into the National Rowing Hall of Fame. [4]

[edit] Coaching career

After graduation, Lueder served as head coach of the Virginia Tech football team. Lueder was also approached by Syracuse University to coach their football team. He went to Syracuse to look over the facilities and talk to their representatives. He considered both propositions but accepted Virginal Tech.[2] The next year he returned to Cornell as assistant coach of football under Warner and assistant coach of rowing under Courtney. He later became head football coach at West Virginia University (1908-1911), but returned again to Cornell as head crew coach for two seasons (1924-1926).

[edit] Head Coaching Record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Coaches# AP°
1903 Virginia Tech 5-1-0
1908 West Virginia University 5-3-0
1909 West Virginia University 4-3-2
1910 West Virginia University 2-4-1
1911 West Virginia University 6-3-0
Total: 22-14-3
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CONFERRING OF DEGREES. Tnirty-fourtn Annual Commencement Celebrated." (June 21, 1902). Cornell Alumni News IV (35): 222. Ithaca, New York: The Cornell Alumni News publishing Co.. 
  2. ^ a b "Lueder to Coach" (April 12, 1903). Cornell Alumni News 5 (27): 222. Ithaca, New York: The Cornell Alumni News publishing Co.. 
  3. ^ Young, Charles Van Patten (1907). The Cornell Navy: A Review. Ithaca, New York: Taylor and Carpenter, 43 & 64. 
  4. ^ National Rowing Hall of Fame. National Rowing Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.
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