:Oscar Osthoff

{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1883–1950)}}

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| name = Oscar Osthoff

| image = 1904 Oscar Osthoff.JPG

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| caption = Osthoff in 1904

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|3|23}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|12|9|1883|3|23}}

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1907–1909

| player_team2 = Wisconsin

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1910–1911

| coach_team2 = Washington State

| overall_record = 5–6

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1904 St. Louis | All-around dumbbell}}

{{MedalSilver|1904 St. Louis | Two hand lift}}

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Oscar Paul Osthoff (March 23, 1883 – December 9, 1950) was an American athlete and coach. Osthoff won the gold medal in the all-around dumbbell event and the silver medal in the two hand lift competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57009 |title=Oscar Osthoff |work=Olympedia |access-date=February 24, 2021}} He later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he lettered in four sports, he also was the sec of the athletic dept. he attended Marquette University his freshman year, he is in the University of Wisconsin athletic hall of fame. : football, track and field, gymnastics, and swimming.{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Laurel |date=August 31, 2004 |title=100 years later, athlete's kudos come |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20040831&id=3LQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5145,10622252 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |access-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524193608/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=20040831&id=3LQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5145,10622252 |url-status=dead }} Osthoff served as the head football coach at Washington State College—now Washington State University—from 1910 to 1911, compiling a record of 5–6.