| Alfred L. Buser | |
| File:Captain Alfred Buser Wisconsin (LOC).jpg Buser in 1911 as Wisconsin team captain | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 21, 1888 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Died | December 3, 1956 (aged 68) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Playing career | |
| 1908–1911 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | Guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1917–1919 | Florida |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1917–1919 | Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–8 (.467) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards Outing All-American (1910, 1911) New York Globe first-team All-American (1911) Walter Camp's third-team All-American (1911) Collier's first-team All-Western Conference (1911) | |
Alfred Leo Buser (September 21, 1888 – December 3, 1956), nicknamed Al Buser, was an American football player and coach. Buser played college football for the University of Wisconsin, and was recognized as an All-American. He later became the fourth head coach of the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida.
Early years[]
Buser was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1888.[1] He attended Madison High School, where he was a stand-out high school football player and track & field athlete, and graduated in 1907.
College career[]
After graduating from high school, Buser attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Buser played tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers football team from 1908 to 1911, and memorably scored a touchdown as a lineman in the 1910 game against the University of Chicago.[2] As a senior, he was elected team captain for the 1911 football season.[3] The 1911 Badgers finished 5–1–1[4]—their sole loss was a 6–0 edging by the Chicago Maroons.[5] After his junior year, Buser was named an All-American by Outing magazine,[6] after his senior season, Buser was again named an All-American by Outing,[7] a first-team All-American by The New York Globe,[8] a Walter Camp third-team All-American,[9] and a Collier's first-team All-Western Conference tackle.[10] He lettered three years in football, and once in track,[11] as a shot-putter.
Buser graduated from Wisconsin in 1912, and served as the director of athletics of the Wisconsin athletic association during 1913. Buser married the former Leila W. Mathews that same year.[12]
Coaching career[]
From 1917 to 1919, Buser was the head coach of the Florida Gators football team that represented the University of Florida in Gainesville.[13] Early expectations were high for Buser's first Gators team in 1917.[14] The Gators opened their season with a 21–13 win over South Carolina Gamecocks, but lost their remaining four SIAA conference games to the Tulane Green Wave, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers and Kentucky Wildcats.[15] During his three seasons leading the Gators, Buser compiled a 7–8 record,[16] including the one-game 1918 season shortened by the 1918 influenza pandemic and World War I. Buser was also the university's athletic director and the professor in charge of its physical education department.[17] After an improved 5–3 season in 1919,[18] Buser was replaced by William G. Kline.[13]
Athletic director[]
Buser was later the athletic director for Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[19] In 1925, he was elected as the first president of the W Club, the University of Wisconsin's lettermen's association, as well as a member of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Alumni Association in 1943.[20] He was also a member of the Iron Cross Society, the university's leadership honorary.[21]
Buser died in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1956.[22]
Head coaching record[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Gators (SIAA) (1917–1919) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Florida | 2–4 | 1–4 | ||||||
| 1918 | Florida | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 1919 | Florida | 5–3 | 2–3 | ||||||
| Florida: | 7–8 | 3–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–8[16] | ||||||||
See also[]
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- 1910 College Football All-America Team
- 1911 College Football All-America Team
- Florida Gators
- Florida Gators football, 1910–1919
- History of the University of Florida
- List of Florida Gators head football coaches
- List of University of Florida faculty and administrators
- List of University of Wisconsin–Madison people
- University Athletic Association
- Wisconsin Badgers
References[]
- ↑ Florida Memory, World War I Induction Card, Florida State Library & Archives, Tallahassee, Florida. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ Parke H. Davis, Football: The American Intercollegiate Game, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, p. 170 (1912).
- ↑ "Football Captain Ill," Milwaukee Sentinel, p. 10 (January 10, 1911). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, John R. Richards 1911. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Badger-Maroon Game Notes," Chicago Daily Tribune, p. C2 (November 3, 1911). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Many Westerners on this Honor List: Football Coaches' Verdict of All-American Stars Offered By Outing," The New York Times (December 19, 1910).
- ↑ "Pick Syracusans for Honor List: Representative Coaches Select Orange Captain-Elect and Retiring Captain," Syracuse Herald (December 11, 1911).
- ↑ "Three Westerners on All-American Eleven," Sandusky Star Journal (December 2, 1911).
- ↑ "All-American Teams Picked By Walter Camp," Harvard Crimson (December 7, 1911). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ James Mott, ed., 1959 Football Facts and Wisconsin Athletic Review 1958-1959, Wisconsin's All-Conference Players, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, p. 40 (1959).
- ↑ Morris Bockee Mitchell, ed., 1912 Wisconsin Badger, W Wearers, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (1912). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Alumni News," The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 85 (November 1913).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107, 115, 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Lively Year is Ahead for State 'Varsity Eleven," Miami Daily Metropolis, p. 10 (October 12, 1917). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Alfred Leo "Al" Buser: 1917. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Alfred Leo "Al" Buser Records by Year. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ University Record, Vol. XIV, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (May 1919).
- ↑ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Alfred Leo "Al" Buser: 1919. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- ↑ Robert S. Crawford, ed., "U.W. Clubs," The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 13–16 (November 1924). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ Jeanne Lamoreaux, ed., The Wisconsin Alumni Association," The Wisconsin Alumnus, vol. 44, no. 4, p. 289 (July 1943). Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ The Iron Cross Society, Past Initiates by Year: 1910–1919. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ George Richard, ed., "Necrology," The Wisconsin Alumnus, vol. 58, no. 10, p. 39 (February 15, 1957), Retrieved March 18, 2010.
Bibliography[]
- 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2012).
- Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
- Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
- McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
- McEwen, Tom, The Gators: A Story of Florida Football, The Strode Publishers, Huntsville, Alabama (1974). ISBN 0-87397-025-X.
- Proctor, Samuel, & Wright Langley, Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida, South Star Publishing Company, Gainesville, Florida (1986). ISBN 0-938637-00-2.
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