Ralph "Sarge" Mitterling (April 19, 1890 – January 22, 1956) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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, and
baseball
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player and coach. He played
Major League Baseball
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as an
outfielder
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for the
Philadelphia Athletics
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during the season. He served in the
US Army
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during
World War I
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. Mitterling was the head football coach at
Ursinus College
Ursinus College is a private liberal arts college in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869 and occupies a 170-acre campus.
History
19th century
In 1867, members of the German Reformed Church began plans to establish a college w ...
from 1919 to 1920, at
Susquehanna University
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in 1923, and at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College—now
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
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What today is East ...
—from 1926 to 1935, compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 47–52–7. He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus from 1919 to 1921, tallying a mark of 17–28, and the head baseball coach at the
University of Pittsburgh
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from 1939 to 1954, amassing a record of 89–106–1. Mitterling died on January 22, 1956, at Veteran's Hospital in the
Oakland
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section of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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.
Head coaching record
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1890 births
1956 deaths
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