Howard Watson Ambruster (1879 – January 10, 1961) was an American football coach, chemical engineer, actor, and lecturer. He was the head football coach at Rutgers University for one season, in 1895, compiling a record of 3–4.[1] Armbruster also played tennis and competed in the 1899 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1879 |
| Died | January 10, 1961 (aged 82) Fanwood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1895 | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–4 |
Ambruster attended Germantown Academy. He entered the University of Pennsylvania with class of 1899, but left the school before graduating to coach football at Rutgers. A longtime resident of Westfield, New Jersey, he moved to Fanwood, New Jersey in 1949, and died at his home there at the age of 82, on January 10, 1961.[3] He was interred at Ivy Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[4]
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Rutgers | 3–4 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 3–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 3–4 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "H.W. Ambruster Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "H. W. Armbruster". Tennis Archives. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.
- ^ "Howard Watson Ambruster, Coach, Engineer, Lecturer". Courier News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. January 11, 1961. p. 40. Retrieved August 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, With Listings of Many Prominent People Who Were Cremated. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc. p. 375. ISBN 0-8063-4823-2. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
