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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1913-02-02)February 2, 1913 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 1992(1992-12-11) (aged 79) South Bend, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1931–1933 | Notre Dame |
| Basketball | |
| 1931–1934 | Notre Dame |
| Positions | Tackle (football) Center (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1934–1938 | Saint Mary's (MN) |
| 1939–1941 | Holy Cross (line) |
| 1942–1943 | Notre Dame (line) |
| 1946–1947 | Notre Dame (line) |
| Basketball | |
| 1934–1939 | Saint Mary's (MN) |
| 1939–1942 | Holy Cross |
| 1943–1944 | Notre Dame |
| 1946–1951 | Notre Dame |
| Baseball | |
| 1937–1939 | Saint Mary's (MN) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1934–1939 | Saint Mary's (MN) |
| 1948–1949 | Notre Dame (assistant AD) |
| 1949–1981 | Notre Dame |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–29–4 (football) 155–114 (basketball) 16–16 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1976 (profile) | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 | |
Edward Walter "Moose"Krause (bornEdward Walter Kriaučiūnas;Lithuanian:Edvardas Valteris Kriaučiūnas; February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an Americanfootball,basketball, andbaseball player,track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He lettered in four sports at theUniversity of Notre Dame, where he was a three-time consensusAll-American in basketball (1932–1934). Krause served as the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's College inWinona, Minnesota, nowSaint Mary's University of Minnesota, from 1934 to 1939, at theCollege of the Holy Cross from 1939 to 1942, and at Notre Dame from 1943 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951, compiling a careercollege basketball record of 155–114. He was Notre Dame'sathletic director from 1949 to 1981. Krause was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and theCollege Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas inChicago toLithuanian immigrant parents, Krause grew up in the Town of Lake section or, as it was once known as, Back of the Yards. His brother,Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, was the captain ofLithuania national basketball team in 1937. His surname was shortened to Krause by his high school football coach, who could not pronounceKriaučiūnas (Lithuanian pronunciation:[krɪ.ɐutɕɪˈuːnɐs]).
At theUniversity of Notre Dame, Krause competed in track, baseball, football and basketball, becoming the first Notre Dame player to make the halls of fame of both basketball and football. In basketball, he was a three-time consensus All-American, in1932,1933, and1934. Krause played football for theFighting Irish underHunk Anderson. He graduated cum laude from Notre Dame with a journalism degree in 1934 .
Krause's coaching career included a five-year stint as head coach in all sports at Saint Mary's College inWinona, Minnesota, nowSaint Mary's University of Minnesota; an assistant football coach at theCollege of the Holy Cross and theUniversity of Notre Dame for ten years; and head basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame in 1943 and again from 1946 to 1951, when he compiled a record of 98–48 (.671).[1] As acting head football coach at Notre Dame, filling in for an ailingFrank Leahy, Krause was 3–0.
Krause served in theUnited States Marines duringWorld War II including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in theSouth Pacific.[2]
Krause became the assistant athletic director at Notre Dame in 1948. In March 1949, he was named athletic director, succeedingFrank Leahy, who stepped down from the role to focus on his post as head football coach.[2]
Krause died on December 11, 1992, at his home inSouth Bend, Indiana.[3] He was buried in theCedar Grove Cemetery inNotre Dame, Indiana.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's Redmen(Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1934–1938) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Saint Mary's | 4–3–2 | 2–2–1 | 6th | |||||
| 1935 | Saint Mary's | 2–6 | 0–5 | 8th | |||||
| 1936 | Saint Mary's | 1–8 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| 1937 | Saint Mary's | 1–4–2 | 1–2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1938 | Saint Mary's | 0–7 | 0–5 | T–7th | |||||
| Saint Mary's: | 8–29–4 | 4–17–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–29–4 | ||||||||
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