Education
Lonborg graduated in 1921 from University of Kansas, having played two years under coach Phog Allen.
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Career
The Gardner, Illinois native coached for 23 years at McPherson College, Washburn College, and Northwestern University. Later he coached at Northwestern, getting 237 wins during his time there, and leading them to the Big Ten Conference championship in 1931 and in 1933. He had an overall 323–217 college coaching record at all three schools.
After he retired from coaching, he became chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960, succeeding Harold Olsen.
He was the United States. Olympic team manager for the 1960 Olympics. He also served as Kansas Jayhawks athletic director from 1950 to 1963.
He made the Hall of Fame in 1973 as a coach.
Achievements
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In 1921 Dutch won an Amateur Athletic Union (Amateur Athletic Union) title as a player with the Kansas City Athletic Club Blue Diamonds. In 1925 he coached Washburn College to an Amateur Athletic Union title, the last time a college team won that championship. His 1930-1931 team finished the season with a 16–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.
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Nationality
United States