C. A. Lueder

College coach infobox
Name = Charles Augustus Lueder


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Sport = Football
College = Virginia Tech, West Virginia University
Title = Head coach
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Years = 1898, 1900-1902
Team = Cornell University
Position = Left Tackle
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CoachYears = 1903
1904-1907
1908-1911
CoachTeams = Virginia Tech
Cornell University (assistant)
West Virginia University
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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.

Cornell University

Lueder graduated from Cornell University with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1902. [cite journal | last = | first = | title = CONFERRING OF DEGREES. Tnirty-fourtn Annual Commencement Celebrated. | journal = Cornell Alumni News | volume = IV | issue = 35 | pages = 222 | publisher = The Cornell Alumni News publishing Co. | location = Ithaca, New York | date = June 21, 1902| url = http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3166/34/004_35.pdf | accessdate =2008-06-04] 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.cite journal | last = | first = | title = Lueder to Coach | journal = Cornell Alumni News | volume = 5 | issue = 27 | pages = 222 | publisher = The Cornell Alumni News publishing Co. | location = Ithaca, New York | date = April 12, 1903| url = http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3167/27/005_27.pdf | accessdate =2008-06-04] 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. [cite book | last = Young | first = Charles Van Patten | title = The Cornell Navy: A Review | publisher = Taylor and Carpenter | date = 1907| location = Ithaca, New York| pages = 43 & 64| url = | doi = | id = | isbn =] In 1956 he was an inaugural inductee into the National Rowing Hall of Fame. cite web | url= http://natrowing.org/Newsletters/NRF%20Mystic-HallFame.pdf | title= National Rowing Hall of Fame | publisher= National Rowing Foundation| accessdate= 2008-06-04]

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.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).

Head Coaching Record

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year = 1903
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 5-1-0
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year = 1908
name = West Virginia University
overall = 5-3-0
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year = 1909
name = West Virginia University
overall = 4-3-2
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year = 1910
name = West Virginia University
overall = 2-4-1
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year = 1911
name = West Virginia University
overall = 6-3-0
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