10 Facts About Moose Krause

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Edward Walter "Moose" Krause was born on Edward Walter Kriauciunas; Lithuanian: Edvardas Valteris Kriauciunas; February 2,1913 – December 11,1992 and was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator.

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Moose Krause lettered in four sports at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a three-time consensus All-American in basketball.

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Moose Krause was Notre Dame's athletic director from 1949 to 1981.

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Moose Krause was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

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At the University of Notre Dame, Moose Krause competed in track, baseball, football and basketball, becoming the first Notre Dame player to make the halls of fame of both basketball and football.

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Moose Krause played football for the Fighting Irish under Hunk Anderson.

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Moose Krause served in the United States Marines during World War II including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific.

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Moose Krause became the assistant athletic director at Notre Dame in 1948.

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Moose Krause died on December 11,1992, at his home in South Bend, Indiana.

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Moose Krause was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Notre Dame, Indiana.

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