Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas; lt, Edvardas Valteris Kriaučiūnas; February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an

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, and

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player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He lettered in four sports at the

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, 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

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, now

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, from 1934 to 1939, at the

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from 1939 to 1942, and at Notre Dame from 1943 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951, compiling a career

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record of 155–114. He was Notre Dame's

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from 1949 to 1981. Krause was inducted into the

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in 1976 and the

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in 2006.

Early life and playing career

Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas in

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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,

Feliksas Kriaučiūnas Feliksas Kriaučiūnas (Americanized his name as Phil Krause; August 18, 1911 – October 28, 1977) was a Lithuanian American basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team and silver medal with Lithu ...

, was the captain of Lithuania national basketball team in 1937. His surname was shortened to Krause by his high school football coach, who could not pronounce ''Kriaučiūnas'' (). At the

, Krause competed in track, baseball, football and basketball, becoming the first Notre Dame player to make the halls of fame of both basketball and football. In basketball, he was a three-time consensus All-American, in 1932,

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, and

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. Krause played football for the Fighting Irish under

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. He graduated cum laude from Notre Dame with a journalism degree in 1934 .

Coaching career

Krause's coaching career included a five-year stint as head coach in all sports at Saint Mary's College in

, now

; an assistant football coach at the

and the

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). As acting head football coach at Notre Dame, filling in for an ailing

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, Krause was 3–0.

Military service

Krause served in the

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during

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including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in the

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Administrative career

Krause became the assistant athletic director at Notre Dame in 1948. In March 1949, he was named athletic director, succeeding

, who stepped down from the role to focus on his post as head football coach.

Later years

Krause died on December 11, 1992, at his home in

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. He was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in

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Head coaching record

Football

References

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