Ralph Mitterling

Ralph Mitterling
Mitterling from The 1954 Owl
Sport(s)	Football, baseball, basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1890-04-19)April 19, 1890 Freeburg, Pennsylvania
Died	January 22, 1956(1956-01-22) (aged 65) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
Baseball 1916	Philadelphia Athletics
Position(s)	Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1919–1920 1923 1926–1935 Basketball 1919–1921 Baseball 1939–1954	Ursinus Susquehanna East Stroudsburg Ursinus Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall	47–52–7 (football) 17–28 (basketball) 89–106–1 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Ralph "Sarge" Mitterling (April 19, 1890 – January 22, 1956) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1916 season. Mitterling served as the head football coach at Ursinus College from 1919 to 1920, at Susquehanna University in 1923, and at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College—now East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1926 to 1935, compiling a career college football record of 47–52–7. He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–28, and the head baseball coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1939 to 1954, amassing a record of 89–106–1. Mitterling died on January 22, 1956 at Veteran's Hospital in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Ralph Mitterling at the College Football Data Warehouse