Red Oberbruner
Kenneth Lewis "Red" Oberbruner (October 5, 1918 – September 6, 1991) was an American basketball and baseball player and college sports coach and administrator. He served as the head football coach at Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin from 1948 to 1961.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 5, 1918 Ashland, Wisconsin |
| Died | September 6, 1991 (aged 72) Burlington, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1938–1940 | Notre Dame |
| 1941–1942 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| Baseball | |
| 1939–1940 | Notre Dame |
| Position(s) | Forward, guard (basketball) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1948–1961 | Milton |
| Basketball | |
| 1948–1970 | Milton |
| Baseball | |
| 1948–1970 | Milton |
| 1970–1991 | Wisconsin–Parkside |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 257–198 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 Badger-Illini (1956) | |
Oberbruner played professional basketball for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons for two seasons—the first while it was an independent team and the next in the National Basketball League (NBL) during 1941–42.[1][2][3] He averaged 2.2 points per game in the NBL.[1]
Oberbruner was appointed head coach and director of physical education at Milton in 1948 after working as an assistant coach under Elmer Fenton the previous year.[4] He remained athletic director and head coach of Milton’s basketball and baseball teams until resigning in 1970. His basketball teams had a record of 257–198 and his baseball teams were 237–82.[5]
Oberbruner died on September 6, 1991, at his home in Burlington, Wisconsin.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Wildcats (Badger-Illini Conference) (1948–1956) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Milton | 3–4 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| 1949 | Milton | 6–2 | 6–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1950 | Milton | 2–3–2 | 2–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1951 | Milton | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1952 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1953 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1954 | Milton | 3–3 | |||||||
| 1955 | Milton | 3–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1956 | Milton | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| Milton Wildcats (NAIA independent) (1957) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Milton | 0–5 | |||||||
| Milton Wildcats (Badger-Gopher Conference) (1958–1961) | |||||||||
| 1958 | Milton | 0–5 | 6th | ||||||
| 1959 | Milton | 1–3 | T–4th | ||||||
| 1960 | Milton | 1–4 | 0–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1961 | Milton | 4–3 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| Milton: | |||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Kenneth Oberbruner NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Red Oberbruner". Peach Basket Society. December 9, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Red Oberbruner Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Oberbruner New Coach For Milton". The Gazette. Janesville, Wisconsin. August 6, 1948. p. 10. Retrieved November 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Oberbruner to Leave Milton College in June". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. April 24, 1970. p. 43. Retrieved November 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
- "Parkside's Oberbruner dies at 72". Racine Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin. September 7, 1991. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .