Moose Krause

For persons of a similar name, see Edward Krause (disambiguation).

Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas; Lithuanian: Edvardas Valteris Kriaučiūnas; February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator. He lettered in four sports at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a three-time consensus All-American in basketball (1932–1934). Krause served as the head basketball coach at Saint Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, now Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, from 1934 to 1939, at the College of the Holy Cross from 1939 to 1942, and at Notre Dame from 1943 to 1944 and 1946 to 1951, compiling a career college basketball record of 155–114. He was Notre Dame's athletic director from 1949 to 1981. Krause was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Moose Krause

Biographical details
Born	(1913-02-02)February 2, 1913 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 11, 1992(1992-12-11) (aged 79) South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1931–1933	Notre Dame
Basketball
1931–1934	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Tackle (football) Center (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934–1938	Saint Mary's (MN)
1939–1941	Holy Cross (line)
1942–1943	Notre Dame (line)
1946–1947	Notre Dame (line)
Basketball
1934–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
1939–1942	Holy Cross
1943–1944	Notre Dame
1946–1951	Notre Dame]]
Baseball
1937–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1939	Saint Mary's (MN)
1948–1949	Notre Dame (assistant AD)
1949–1981	Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall	8–29–4 (football) 155–114 (basketball) 16–16 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Second-team All-American (1932) 3× Basketball All-American (1932–1934) Walter Camp Man of the Year (1976) NFF Distinguished American Award (1989)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1976 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Early life and playing career

Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas in Chicago to Lithuanian immigrant parents, Krause grew up in the Town of Lake section or, as it was once known as, Back of the Yards. His brother, Feliksas Kriaučiūnas, was the captain of Lithuania national basketball team in 1937. His surname was shortened to Krause by his high school football coach, who could not pronounce Kriaučiūnas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [krɪ.ɐutɕɪˈuːnɐs]).

At the University of Notre Dame, Krause competed in track, baseball, football and basketball, becoming the first Notre Dame player to make the halls of fame of both basketball and football. In basketball, he was a three-time consensus All-American, in 1932, 1933, and 1934. Krause played football for the Fighting Irish under Hunk Anderson. He graduated cum laude from Notre Dame with a journalism degree in 1934 .

Coaching career

Krause's coaching career included a five-year stint as head coach in all sports at Saint Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, now Saint Mary's University of Minnesota; an assistant football coach at the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Notre Dame for ten years; and head basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame in 1943 and again from 1946 to 1951, when he compiled a record of 98–48 (.671).^[1] As acting head football coach at Notre Dame, filling in for an ailing Frank Leahy, Krause was 3–0.

Military service

Krause served in the United States Marines during World War II including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific.^[2]

Administrative career

Krause became the assistant athletic director at Notre Dame in 1948. In March 1949, he was named athletic director, succeeding Frank Leahy, who stepped down from the role to focus on his post as head football coach.^[2]

Later years

Krause died on December 11, 1992, at his home in South Bend, Indiana.^[3] He was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Saint Mary's Redmen (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1934–1938)
1934	Saint Mary's	4–3–2	2–2–1	6th
1935	Saint Mary's	2–6	0–5	8th
1936	Saint Mary's	1–8	1–3	T–5th
1937	Saint Mary's	1–4–2	1–2–1	T–5th
1938	Saint Mary's	0–7	0–5	T–7th
Saint Mary's:		8–29–4	4–17–2
Total:		8–29–4

References

1. "Moose Krause Chapter". Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
2. "'Moose' Krause Named Athletic Director at ND". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. March 23, 1949. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
3. "Ex-Irish A.D. 'Moose' Krause a 'true legend'". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. Associated Press. December 12, 1992. p. 16. Retrieved July 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

Further reading

• Kelly, Jason (2002). Mr. Notre Dame: The Life and Legend of Edward Moose Krause. Lanham, Maryland: Diamond Communications. ISBN 1-888698-40-3.

External links

• Moose Krause at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Moose Krause at the Saint Mary's University Sports Hall of Fame
• Moose Krause at Find a Grave