Eugene Oberst
Oberst pictured in The Calyx 1930, Washington and Lee yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track and field |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 23, 1901 Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Died | May 30, 1991 (aged 89) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920 | Notre Dame |
| 1922–1923 | Notre Dame |
| Track and field | |
| 1922–1924 | Notre Dame |
| Position(s) | Tackle (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1927 | Roman Catholic HS (PA) |
| 1929–1930 | Washington and Lee |
| 1931–1932 | Canisius |
| 1936–1942 | John Carroll (line) |
| 1946 | John Carroll |
| Basketball | |
| 1945–1946 | John Carroll |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1947–1951 | John Carroll |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9–25–5 (college football) 15–3–1 (high school football) 4–11 (college basketball) |
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1924 Paris | Javelin throw |
Eugene G. "Gene" Oberst (July 23, 1901 – May 30, 1991) was an American football player, track and field athlete, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. A native of Owensboro, Kentucky, he played football at the University of Notre Dame in the 1920s under coach Knute Rockne, and competed in track and field as a javelin thrower. He won the Olympic bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris. Oberst served as the head football coach at Washington and Lee University (1929–1930), Canisius College (1931–1932), and John Carroll University (1946).
Oberst, who was listed at 6' 5" (1.96 m) and 203 lbs (92 kg), was a right tackle for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1920, 1922, and 1923, wearing uniform No. 30. He was one of Notre Dame's "Seven Mules," the offensive linemen who blocked for the team's legendary Four Horsemen in the 1920s. Oberst's teammates also included halfback George Gipp.
As the possibly apocryphal story goes, Oberst was walking by a Notre Dame track and field practice one day when a javelin landed nearby. He picked it up and threw it far beyond the original thrower. Rockne, who coached track and field as well as football, saw the toss, and drafted Oberst on the spot. Oberst was the 1921 NCAA javelin champion, with a throw of 191' 2" (58.27 m). At the 1924 Penn Relays, Oberst's throw of 196' 2 5/8" (59.80 m) beat the meet record by more than 8 feet. Oberst had a disappointing performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, finishing in 5th place with a throw of 180' 3" (54.94 m). The U.S. Olympic Committee added Oberst to the Olympic team, anyway, because of his better results at previous meets. The Olympic Trials winner, William Neufeld of UC Berkeley went on to finish fifth at the Olympics.
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