Emil Breitkreutz

American middle distance runner
Emil Breitkreutz

Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1904 St Louis 800 metres

Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883, in Wausau, Wisconsin – May 3, 1972, in San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]

Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. He graduated in 1906.[2]

Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC.

References

  1. ^ "Emil Breitkreutz". Olympedia. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  2. ^ History: The Era of the Founders (1880–1921) Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, University of Southern California, Accessed August 27, 2008.

External links

  • Emil Breitkreutz at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Emil Breitkreutz at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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USC Trojans men's basketball head coaches
  • Emil Breitkreutz (1906–1907)
  • Unknown (1907–1910)
  • J. S. Robson (1910–1911)
  • Walter Hall (1911–1912)
  • J. S. Robson (1912–1913)
  • Unknown (1913–1914)
  • Ralph Glaze (1914–1916)
  • Motts Blair (1916–1917)
  • Dean Cromwell (1918)
  • Motts Blair (1918–1919)
  • Gus Henderson (1919–1921)
  • Willis O. Hunter (1921–1922)
  • Les Turner (1922–1927)
  • Leo Calland (1927–1929)
  • Sam Barry (1929–1941)
  • Julie Bescos (1941–1942)
  • Ernie Holbrook (1942–1944)
  • Bobby Muth (1944–1945)
  • Sam Barry (1945–1950)
  • Forrest Twogood (1950–1966)
  • Bob Boyd (1966–1979)
  • Stan Morrison (1979–1986)
  • George Raveling (1986–1994)
  • Charlie Parker (1994–1996)
  • Henry Bibby (1996–2004)
  • Jim Saia # (2004–2005)
  • Tim Floyd (2005–2009)
  • Kevin O'Neill (2009–2013)
  • Bob Cantu # (2013)
  • Andy Enfield (2013–2024)
  • Eric Musselman (2024–present)

# denotes interim head coach

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