Moose Krause

Moose Krause

Biographical details
Born	(1913-02-02)February 2, 1913 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 11, 1992(1992-12-11) (aged 79) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1931–1933	Notre Dame
Basketball
1931–1934	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Tackle (football) Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934–1938	Saint Mary's (MN)
1939–1941	Holy Cross (line)
1942–1943	Notre Dame (line)
1946–1947	Notre Dame (line)
Basketball
1934–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
1939–1942	Holy Cross
1943–1944	Notre Dame
1946–1951	Notre Dame
Baseball
1937–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
1948–1949	Notre Dame (assistant AD)
1949–1981	Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	8–29–4 (football) 155–114 (basketball) 16–16 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Second-team All-American (1932) 3× Basketball All-American (1932–1934) Walter Camp Man of the Year (1976) NFF Distinguished American Award (1989)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1976 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas; Lithuanian: Edvardas Valteris Kriaučiūnas; February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He lettered in four sports at the University of Notre Dame, 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 Winona, Minnesota, now Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, from 1934 to 1939, at the College of the Holy Cross from 1939 to 1942, and at Notre Dame from 1943 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951, compiling a career college basketball record of 155–114. He was Notre Dame's athletic director from 1949 to 1981. Krause was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.