James G. Arbuthnot

{{Short description|American wrestling coach (1883–1964)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = James G. Arbuthnot

| image = James G. Arbuthnot cropped.tif

| alt = James Arbuthnot, sitting on a sod roller. He's dressed in rough trousers, and coat over a white shirt and vest. His dog is laying across his lap, hind legs on Arbuthnot's right leg. The dog is white save for a dark patch around its right eye.

| caption = Arbuthnot sitting on a large roller, holding his dog, {{Circa|1910}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|12|31}}

| birth_place = Hubbell, Nebraska, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|12|2|1883|12|31}}

| death_place = Roseville, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1911–1917

| coach_team1 = Oregon Agricultural

| coach_years2 = 1920

| coach_team2 = Oregon Agricultural

| admin_years1 = 1906–1918

| admin_team1 = Oregon Agricultural

| overall_record = 10–3–3 (dual meet)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 4 Northwest Conference (1913, 1915–1917)
1 PCC (1920)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

File:1911 OAC wrestling team, Coach Arbuthnot, and his dog.tif

James G. Arbuthnot (December 31, 1883 – December 2, 1964) was an American collegiate wrestling coach, athletics administrator, and physical edication professor. He was the head wrestling coach at Oregon Agricultural College—now known as Oregon State University–from 1911 to 1917 and in 1920. In eight seasons at Oregon Agricultural, he compiled a 10–3–3 dual meet record and won five conference championships.{{cite web |author= |title=Oregon State Wrestling History & Records |url=https://osubeavers.com/documents/2024/3/26/2023_24_WRE_History_and_Records.pdf |publisher=Oregon State Athletics |page=1 |access-date=October 14, 2024 }} Arbuthnot was also the athletic director at Oregon Agricultural from 1906 to 1918.

Arbuthnot was born on December 31, 1883, in Hubbell, Nebraska, where he received his early education.{{cite web |author= |title=Descendants of Samuel Arbuthnot's son, James Gibson Arbuthnot |url=http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/1_James.htm |publisher=kittybrewster.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111035621/http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/1_James.htm#selection-19.0-10.3 |archive-date=January 11, 2013|access-date=October 14, 2024 }} He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington. He also did postgraduate work in physical education at Harvard University and Columbia University.{{cite news |author= |title=James G. Arbuthnot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-tribune-obituary-for-james-geo/157107231/ |newspaper=The Press-Tribune |location=Roseville, California |date=December 4, 1964 |page=2 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Arbuthnot was a physical director for the YMCA in Aberdeen, Washington and a class leader for the YMCA in Portland, Oregon. In 1909, he was appointed assistant physical director for Portland's YMCA.{{cite news |author= |title=Y. M. C. A. Gets New Aid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-oregonian/157121968/ |newspaper=The Sunday Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon |date=October 3, 1909 |page=8 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Arbuthnot was also a professor of physical edication at Oregon State. He died on December 2, 1964, at the Roseville Hospital in Roseville, California.