Claude Rothgeb

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.

Claude Rothgeb
Rothgeb pictured in The Campanile 1929, Rice yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1880-01-01)January 1, 1880
Milford, Illinois
DiedJuly 5, 1944(1944-07-05) (aged 64)
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Playing career
Football
1900Illinois
1902–1904Illinois
Baseball
1904–1905Illinois
1905Washington Senators
Position(s)End (football)
Right fielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1909Colorado Agricultural
1910–1918Colorado College
1922Illinois (ends)
1925Texas A&M (assistant)
1927Rice (line)
1928Rice
Basketball
1905–1908Colorado Agricultural
1909–1910Colorado Agricultural
1915–1919Colorado College
Baseball
1908–1909Colorado Agricultural
1925–1927Texas A&M
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1906–1910Colorado Agricultural
Head coaching record
Overall46–36–3 (football)
34–12 (basketball)
38–23–2 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 RMC (1910)
Awards
Football
All-American, 1904

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

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Colorado Agricultural Aggies (Colorado Football Association) (1906–1908)
1906 Colorado Agricultural 1–2–11–2–1T–4th
1907 Colorado Agricultural 0–40–45th
1908 Colorado Agricultural 1–30–24th
Colorado Agricultural Aggies (Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference) (1909)
1909 Colorado Agricultural 1–20–2T–3rd
Colorado Agricultural: 3–11–11–10–1
Colorado College Tigers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1910–1918)
1910 Colorado College 7–05–01st
1911 Colorado College 4–33–24th
1912 Colorado College 5–42–45th
1913 Colorado College 5–2–12–2–1T–3rd
1914 Colorado College 4–1–13–1–13rd
1915 Colorado College 6–23–24th
1916 Colorado College 6–14–12nd
1917 Colorado College 3–32–3T–5th
1918 Colorado College 1–21–2T–3rd
Colorado College: 41–18–225–17–2
Rice Owls (Southwest Conference) (1928)
1928 Rice 2–70–57th
Rice: 2–70–5
Total:46–36–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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