Edbert C. Buss

Edbert Charles Buss (April 25, 1884 – April 11, 1935) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach (1916–1920) and head basketball coach (1916–1921) at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.^[1][2] Buss previously served as the head football coach at Detroit Central High School from 1914 to 1915, where his team was crowned the mythical High School Football National Champion in 1915.^[3]

Key Information

Biographical details
Born	(1884-04-25)April 25, 1884 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 11, 1935(1935-04-11) (aged 50) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1915	Detroit Central HS (MI)
1916–1920	DePauw
Basketball
1914–1916	Detroit Central HS (MI)
1916–1921	DePauw
Baseball
1918	DePauw
Head coaching record
Overall	21–13–1 (college football) 54–24 (college basketball) 6–5(college baseball) 20–0–1 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football High school national (1915)
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Buss died at the age of 51, on April 11, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had undergone surgery for acute appendicitis several days earlier.^[4]