Moose Krause

For the U.S. Army officer, see Edward C. Krause.

Moose Krause
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball, track and field
Biographical details
Born	February 2, 1913(1913-02-02)
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 11, 1992(1992-12-11) (aged 79)
Place of death	South Bend, Indiana
Playing career
Football 1931–1933 Basketball 1931–1934	Notre Dame Notre Dame
Position(s)	Tackle (football) Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1934–1938 1939–1941 1942–1943 1946–1947 Basketball 1934–1939 1939–1942 1943–1944 1946–1951	Saint Mary's (MN) Holy Cross (MA) (line) Notre Dame (line) Notre Dame (line) Saint Mary's (MN) Holy Cross (MA) Notre Dame Notre Dame
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1939 1948–1949 1949–1981	Saint Mary's (MN) Notre Dame (assistant AD) Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	155–114 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Football All-American, 1932 Basketball All-American, 1932 Basketball All-American, 1933 Basketball All-American, 1934 Walter Camp Man of the Year (1976)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1976 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He lettered in four sports at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a three-time consensus All-American in basketball (1932–1934). Krause served as the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, now Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, from 1934 to 1939, at the College of the Holy Cross from 1939 to 1942, and at Notre Dame from 1943 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951, compiling a career college basketball record of 155–114. He was Notre Dame's athletic director from 1949 to 1981. Krause was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life and playing career

Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas in Chicago to Lithuanian immigrant parents, Krause grew up in the Town of Lake section or, as it was once known as, Back of the Yards. His brother, Felix Krause, was the captain of Lithuania national basketball team in 1937. His surname was shortened to Krause by his high school football coach, who couldn't pronounce Kriaučiūnas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [krɪ.ɐutʃɪˈuːnɐs]).

At Notre Dame, Krause competed in track, baseball, football and basketball,^[1] becoming the first Notre Dame player to make Hall of Fame in both basketball and football. In basketball, he was a three time Consensus All-American (1932–1934).^[2] Krause played football for the Fighting Irish under Knute Rockne. He graduated cum laude from Notre Dame in 1934 with a journalism degree.

Coaching career

Krause's coaching career included a five-year stint as head coach in all sports at Saint Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, now Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; an assistant football coach at the College of the Holy Cross and the University 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).^[3] As acting head football coach at Notre Dame, filling in for an ailing Frank Leahy, Krause was 3–0.

Military service

Krause served in the United States Marines during World War II including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific.^[4]

Administrative career

Krause became the assistant athletic director at Notre Dame in 1948. In March 1949, he was named athletic director, succeeding Frank Leahy, who stepped down from the role to focus on his post as head football coach.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.irishlegends.com/pages/reflections/reflections10.html
2. ^ http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Ed_%22Moose%22_Krause
3. ^ http://www.moosekrause.org/about.html
4. ^ ^{a b} AP (March 23, 1949). "'Moose' Krause Named Athletic Director at ND". St. Petersburg Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vrMKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2951,2370128. Retrieved November 14. 2010. 

Further reading

• Kelly, Jason (2002). Mr. Notre Dame: The Life and Legend of Edward Moose Krause. Lanham, Maryland: Diamond Communications. ISBN 1888698403. 

External links

Biography portal

• Moose Krause at the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Moose Krause at the Saint Mary's University Sports Hall of Fame
• Moose Krause at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com

Persondata
Name	Krause, Moose
Alternative names	Krause, Edward Walter
Short description	American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, baseball player, college athletics administrator
Date of birth	February 2, 1913
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	December 11, 1992
Place of death	South Bend, Indiana