15 Facts About Rudy Lavik

Rudolph H Lavik was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, college athletics administrator, and educator.

Rudy Lavik remained a full-time member of Arizona State's faculty until 1962.

Rudy Lavik played college football at both schools and competed in other sports at Concordia.

Rudy Lavik was born on April 30,1892 in Forman, North Dakota.

Rudy Lavik first attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where was elected captain of the football team in 1916.

Rudy Lavik majored in English and minored in history at Concordia.

Rudy Lavik played football at Springfield at the tackle position, as he had at Concordia.

Rudy Lavik played basketball at Springfield at the center and guard positions and was a teammate of Carl Eggebrecht.

Rudy Lavik returned to Concordia in 1920 to begin his coaching career.

In July 1927, Rudy Lavik attended a coaches clinic in Logan, Utah led by Knute Rockne, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame and Norwegian-American.

Rudy Lavik retained his post as athletic director and chairman of the health and physical education department until 1949, when he was succeeded by Donn Kinzle.

Rudy Lavik remained a full-time member of the Arizona State's faculty until 1962 and subsequently taught part-time at the school for several years.

Rudy Lavik pitched batting practice for the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team from 1955 to 1967.

Rudy Lavik continued to jog daily well into his 80s, running as much as two miles per day at Arizona State's track.

Rudy Lavik died on September 29,1979, at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona, following a short illness.