Waldemar Eric Metzenthin (February 24, 1875 – September 18, 1942) was a
German American
German Americans (german: Deutschamerikaner, ) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 43 million in 2019, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the Unite ...
scholar and college sports coach and administrator. He served as professor of
German studies
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...
at the
University of Texas at Austin. He also coached the
Texas Longhorns football team and
men's basketball team from 1907 to 1908 and 1909 to 1911, respectively, and served as the
athletic director at Texas from 1930 to 1935.
Metzenthin was born in
Berlin in February 24, 1875. He attended
Franklin & Marshall College in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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, where he played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
. He earned a Master of Arts degree from
Columbia University in 1906. Metzenthin came to the University of Texas in 1906 as an assistant football coach. The following year, he was appointed adjunct professor of Germanic languages, head football coach, and director of physical training. Metzenthin also taught at
Southern Methodist University (SMU) from 1919 to 1922, Baylor University School of Dentistry—now known as
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry—from 1922 to 1923, and North Texas State Teachers College—now known as the
University of North Texas—from 1923 to 1928. He subsequently returned to the University of Texas as a full professor and was named chair of the school's department of Germanic languages in 1941. Metzenthin died after suffering a stroke on September 18, 1942, at
Seton Hospital
Seton Healthcare Family, also known as Seton Family of Hospitals, is a Roman Catholic-affiliatedhttp://dailytexanonline.com/news/2012/10/03/proposed-ut-teaching-hospital-would-not-provide-family-planning Proposed UT teaching hospital would not pr ...
in
Austin, Texas.
Head coaching record
Football
Basketball
References
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1875 births
1942 deaths
19th-century players of American football
American football quarterbacks
Columbia Lions football players
Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football players
Southern Methodist University faculty
Texas Longhorns football coaches
Texas Longhorns men's basketball coaches
Texas Longhorns athletic directors
University of North Texas faculty
University of Texas at Austin faculty
American academics of German literature
University of Texas at Austin Department of German faculty
Sportspeople from Berlin
Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States
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