Russ Rebholz
{{Short description|American football player (1908–2002)}}
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| name = Russ Rebholz
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|9|11}}
| birth_place = Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|8|1|1908|9|11}}
| death_place = Portage, Wisconsin, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1932
| player_team1 = Winnipeg St. John's Rugby Club
| player_years2 = 1933–1938
| player_team2 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1932
| coach_team1 = Winnipeg St. John's Rugby Club
| coach_years2 = 1933–1938
| coach_team2 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers
| coach_years3 = 1952–1963
| coach_team3 = Milwaukee
| overall_record =
| bowl_record =
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| championships = Football
Grey Cup (1935)
Basketball
WIAC (1960)
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Russell "Doss" Rebholz (September 11, 1908 – August 1, 2002) was a professional football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and later a high school and college football and basketball coach.
College
A native of Portage, Wisconsin, Rebholz was a letter winner in football from 1929 to 1931 and in basketball from 1930 to 1931 at the University of Wisconsin. In 1930, he led the Midwest, Big Ten, and UW in scoring, with 48 points. Rebholz played in the 1932 East-West Shrine Game.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalwclub.com/member/chalktalkpdfs/chalk_talk_fall_2000.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-03-25 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714155455/http://www.nationalwclub.com/member/chalktalkpdfs/chalk_talk_fall_2000.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Professional football
In 1932, Rebholz played for and coached the Salamander Water Polo Club In Japan. From 1933 to 1938, he was a player/coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team, which won the 1935 Grey Cup. Nicknamed "The Wisconsin Wraith" while with the Blue Bombers, he wore jersey number 66.[http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=R Bombers Alumni] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303172437/http://www.bomberalumni.com/index.cfm?pageID=77&category=R |date=2012-03-03 }}[http://www.cfhof.ca/members/russ-doss-rebholz/ Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Russ (Doss) Rebholz]
Rebholz was one of the first two football imports to arrive in Canada from the United States. A versatile halfback, he was known for his passing, running, blocking, and kicking abilities. In a 1934 exhibition game, he threw one of the longest passes ever, 68 yards in the air, to Lynn Patrick for a touchdown. In the 1935 Grey Cup game, he threw two touchdown passes and led the Blue Bombers to a Dominion Championship over the favored Hamilton Tigers from the East.
He was elected a charter member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on November 27, 1963, and the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Hall of Fame in 1984.
Coaching career
During his coaching career, Rebholz served at Stevens Point, Racine Horlick High School and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in a variety of positions, earning six Coach of the Year honors.
While at Horlick High School, he led the team to a winning season in men's basketball. The community started calling the team Rebholz's Rebels for their style of play, and the nickname stuck. Rebels is now one of the two official nicknames for the school's athletic teams.The Journal Times Online [http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/1999/12/10/local/20071019import_19991210-archive21.txt As team name, Rebels still rule at Horlick High]The Journal Times Online [http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/1999/12/12/local/20071019import_19991212-archive24.txt correction]
Between 1952 and 1963, Rebholz compiled a .539 winning percentage (123-105) while coaching the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee men's basketball team. He was 58-42 in his first 100 games as the coach at UW–Milwaukee, which is second best in the school's history, behind former Tennessee Volunteers coach Bruce Pearl, who was 66-34 in his first 100 games at the university.[http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/010505aaa.html Panthers Head To Butler – UWM looks to bounce back from loss Monday] In the 1959-1960 season, the team went 18-4 overall and 10-2 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and were the NCAA College Division Regional Third Place team. It was the first time the school had made it to the post-season. They lost to Lincoln{{clarify|date=March 2016}} and beat Augustana College. The Panthers were nicknamed the Cardinals at the time.[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=124870 JS Online: Panthers have been in post-season]
In 2000, Rebholz was inducted into the University of Wisconsin/National W Club Hall of Fame.
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|birth_place=Portage, Wisconsin
|death_date={{Death date and age|2002|08|01|1909|01|01}}
|death_place=Portage, Wisconsin
|College=University of Wisconsin
|playing_years1=1933–1938
|playing_team1=Winnipeg 'Pegs/Blue Bombers
|career_highlights=
- 23rd Grey Cup Championship
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Head coaching record
=Basketball=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Milwaukee State Green Gulls / Milwaukee Cardinals
| conference = Wisconsin State College Conference
| startyear = 1952
| endyear = 1963
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1952–53
| name = Milwaukee State
| overall = 9–12
| conference = 6–6
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1953–54
| name = Milwaukee State
| overall = 14–7
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1954–55
| name = Milwaukee State
| overall = 11–10
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1955–56
| name = Milwaukee State
| overall = 13–8
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1956–57
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 12–7
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1957–58
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 13–7
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1958–59
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 17–4
| conference = 11–2
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1959–60
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 18–4
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA College Division Regional Third Place
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1960–61
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 8–12
| conference = 5–7
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1961–62
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 4–17
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1962–63
| name = Milwaukee
| overall = 4–17
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Milwaukee State / Milwaukee
| overall = 123–105
| confrecord = 75–58
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 123–105
}}
References
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{{Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{23rd Grey Cup}}
{{Canadian Football Hall of Fame members}}
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