| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 21, 1861 Newburg, Washington county, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 3, 1941 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
| 1889 | Wisconsin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–2 |
Alvin Paul Kletsch (1861–1941) was an American footabll coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1889. [1] A member of the Milwaukee County Park commission since 1907, a park on the Milwaukee River is named after him. [2] He was a member of the Republican Party and was state chairman of the Hoover-Curtis presidential campaign in 1932. [2] He worked in real estate and his family was well known in the hotel industry. [2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Badgers (Independent) (1889) | |||||||||
| 1889 | Wisconsin | 0–2 | |||||||
| Wisconsin: | 0–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–2 | ||||||||
- ^ "Ivan Williamson 22nd In Long Line Of Wisconsin Grid Coaches". La Cross Tribune. January 26, 1949. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Alvin Kletsch of Milwaukee Dies". The Sheboygan Press. Associated Press. October 3, 1941. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 21, 1861 Newburg, Washington county, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 3, 1941 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
| 1889 | Wisconsin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–2 |
Alvin Paul Kletsch (1861–1941) was an American footabll coach. He was the first head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1889. [1] A member of the Milwaukee County Park commission since 1907, a park on the Milwaukee River is named after him. [2] He was a member of the Republican Party and was state chairman of the Hoover-Curtis presidential campaign in 1932. [2] He worked in real estate and his family was well known in the hotel industry. [2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Badgers (Independent) (1889) | |||||||||
| 1889 | Wisconsin | 0–2 | |||||||
| Wisconsin: | 0–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–2 | ||||||||
- ^ "Ivan Williamson 22nd In Long Line Of Wisconsin Grid Coaches". La Cross Tribune. January 26, 1949. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Alvin Kletsch of Milwaukee Dies". The Sheboygan Press. Associated Press. October 3, 1941. Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.