Claude James Rothgeb (January 1, 1880 – July 5, 1944) was an

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, and

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Agricultural College of Colorado, now Colorado State University, from 1906 to 1909, at

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from 1910 to 1918, and at

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in 1928, compiling a career college football record of 47–36–3. Rothgeb played football and basketball and ran track at the

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, from which he graduated in 1905. He played for

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's Washington Senators in 1905. Rothgeb died at Voss' Birchwood Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin.7 July 1944 Daily Illini
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