Bert German (April 19, 1873 – September 13, 1956) was an American

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player and coach. He was the third head football coach for the

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, serving for five seasons, from 1894 to 1898, and compiling a record of 22–10. German later worked as a real estate agent in

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. He died in 1956 at a Des Moines nursing home after suffering a stroke a year earlier.

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