Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg (March 16, 1898 – January 31, 1985) was an American

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, and

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player, coach, and athletics administrator.

Basketball

The

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native coached for 23 years at

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, Washburn College, and

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. Lonborg graduated in 1921 from

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, having played two years under coach

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(AAU) title as a player with the Kansas City Athletic Club Blue Diamonds. In 1925 he coached Washburn College to an AAU title, the last time a college team won that championship. Later he coached at Northwestern, getting 237 wins during his time there, and leading them to

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championships in 1931 and 1933. His 1930–31 team finished the season with a 16–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the

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and the

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. He had an overall 323–217 college coaching record at all three schools. After he retired from coaching, he became chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960, succeeding

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. He was the U.S. Olympic team manager for the

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. He also served as the

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from 1950 to 1963. Lonborgwas inducted into the

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in 1973 as a coach.

Head coaching record

Basketball

: Due to a scoring error during the Notre Dame game in 1936, a game which was originally ruled a 21–20 win for Notre Dame was determined to be a tie when it was discovered Notre Dame had received one more point than they had actually scored. Notre Dame returned to the court to finish the game, but Northwestern refused to return to the court. The Wildcats left the building and the game was deemed a tie.

Football

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