Emory George Bauer (February 13, 1913 – October 1, 1989) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Concordia Teachers College—now known as
Concordia University Chicago–in
River Forest, Illinois from 1941 to 1942 and at
Valparaiso University from 1946 to 1967, compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 114–89–8. Bauer was also the head basketball coach at Valparaiso for one season in 1947–48, tallying a mark of 8–15, and the school's head baseball coach from 1954 to 1981, amassing a record of 361–243–2. He was Valparaiso's
athletic director
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from 1970 to 1975.
Head coaching record
College football
References
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1913 births
1989 deaths
Basketball coaches from Minnesota
Concordia Cougars football coaches
High school football coaches in Illinois
Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks football coaches
Sportspeople from Kankakee County, Illinois
Valparaiso Beacons athletic directors
Valparaiso Beacons baseball coaches
Valparaiso Beacons football coaches
Valparaiso Beacons men's basketball coaches