Adolph J. Lewandowski | |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1905 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1928–1929 |
Player Team2: | Nebraska |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1927–1930 |
Player Team4: | Nebraska |
Player Positions: | End (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | ? |
Coach Team2: | Montana (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1937–1942 |
Coach Team3: | Nebraska (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1943–1944 |
Coach Team4: | Nebraska |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1932–1937 |
Coach Team6: | Montana |
Coach Years7: | 1940–1945 |
Coach Team7: | Nebraska |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1942 |
Coach Team9: | Nebraska |
Admin Years1: | 1942–1947 |
Admin Team1: | Nebraska |
Admin Years2: | 1953–1954 |
Admin Team2: | Nebraska (Acting AD) |
Overall Record: | 4–12 (football) 81–125 (basketball) 3–11 (baseball) |
Adolph J. Lewandowski (May 30, 1905 – November 18, 1961) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1943 to 1944, compiling a record of 4–12. Lewandowski was the head basketball coach at the University of Montana from 1932 to 1937 and at Nebraska from 1940 to 1945, amassing a career college basketball record of 81–125. He was also the head baseball coach at Nebraska for one season in 1942, tallying a mark of 3–1.
In 1961, he died of a heart ailment at the age of 56.[1]