Oscar Osthoff
 Osthoff in 1904 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 9, 1950 (aged 67) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Football | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1907–1909 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Football | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1910–1911 | Washington State | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 5–6 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Oscar Paul Osthoff (March 23, 1883 – December 9, 1950) was an American athlete and coach. Osthoff won the gold medal in the all-around dumbbell event and the silver medal in the two hand lift competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1] He later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he lettered in four sports, he also was the sec of the athletic dept. he attended Marquette University his freshman year, he is in the University of Wisconsin athletic hall of fame. : football, track and field, gymnastics, and swimming.[2] Osthoff served as the head football coach at Washington State College—now Washington State University—from 1910 to 1911, compiling a record of 5–6.
Head coaching record[edit]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State (Independent) (1910–1911) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Washington State | 2–3 | |||||||
| 1911 | Washington State | 3–3 | |||||||
| Washington State: | 5–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–6 | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Oscar Osthoff". Olympedia. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Walker, Laurel (August 31, 2004). "100 years later, athlete's kudos come". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
External links[edit]
  | This article about an Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1883 births
- 1950 deaths
- American male weightlifters
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in weightlifting
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in weightlifting
- Washington State Cougars football coaches
- Wisconsin Badgers football players
- Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers
- Wisconsin Badgers men's track and field athletes
- Wisconsin Badgers men's gymnasts
- Weightlifters at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- People associated with physical culture
- 20th-century American people
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1910s stubs