1. William Paul "Dutch" Fehring was an American football and baseball player, coach, and administrator.
18 Facts About Dutch Fehring
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Dutch Fehring briefly led the World Amateur Baseball Federation, better known as FEMBA, during its split from the International Baseball Federation in the early 1970s.
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Dutch Fehring was a cup of coffee player with the Chicago White Sox, appearing in a single game during the 1934 season.
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Dutch Fehring helped the Boilermakers win two Big Ten Conference titles in football and a national championship in basketball in 1932, and was the traveling roommate of John Wooden.
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Dutch Fehring was inducted into the inaugural class of the Purdue University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Dutch Fehring was signed by the Chicago White Sox and made a single major league appearance, in a road game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on July 25,1934.
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Dutch Fehring had one at bat during the game, striking out in the ninth inning.
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In 1949, Dutch Fehring was hired as an assistant baseball and football coach at Stanford.
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Dutch Fehring took over as head baseball coach in 1956, and coached for 11 years, culminating in a College World Series semifinals appearance in 1967.
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Dutch Fehring was an assistant coach on the United States national baseball team that participated in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, under manager and USC coach Rod Dedeaux.
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Dutch Fehring was named president of the United States Baseball Federation on April 6,1966, replacing Eppie Barnes.
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Dutch Fehring was highly critical of the International Baseball Federation and its president, Juan Isa.
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Dutch Fehring was elected president of the new organization, titled FEMBA on September 8,1973.
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Dutch Fehring was succeeded as FEMBA president by Carlos Garcia Solorzano in 1975.
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Under IBAF president Robert Smith, Dutch Fehring recruited Rod Dedeaux to help the federation gain Olympic status; thanks to Dedeaux and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley, baseball returned to the Olympics at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
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Dutch Fehring retired as head baseball coach in 1967, but remained at Stanford as director of intramurals and club sports until 1977.
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Dutch Fehring died in Palo Alto, California, in 2006 at the age of 93.
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Dutch Fehring is an inductee of the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, the Purdue University Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.