Arne Christopher Lerum (July 20, 1879 – June 25, 1911) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the

University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (UW–Stevens Point or UWSP) is a public university in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and grants associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, as well as ...

–then known as Stevens Point Normal School–in 1904, compiling a record of 1–2. Lerum selected as a guard on the

1901 All-Western college football team The 1901 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1901 college football season. All-Western selections Ends * William Juneau, Wisconsin (CA, CD ...

while playing for

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

. Lerum immigrated to the United States from

Bergen, Norway Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...

when he was 14. He was active in politics in as a Republican in the state of

. Lerum died on cancer on June 25, 1911, in

Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

Head coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lerum, Arnie 1879 births 1911 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football guards Wisconsin Badgers football players Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers football coaches Wisconsin Republicans Norwegian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Bergen Deaths from cancer in Wisconsin