Ed "Moose" Krause
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Edward Walter "Moose" Krause (February 2, 1913 – December 11, 1992) was a well-known collegiate basketball player during the 1930s. Born Edward Walter Kriaučiūnas in Chicago to Lithuanian immigrant parents, his surname was changed to Krause by his high school football coach, who couldn't pronounce Kriaučiūnas. The 6'3" Krause was a basketball giant, able to dominate the post. Later in life he was the popular athletic director at his alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.
At Chicago De LaSalle High School Krause led his team to two consecutive National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament championships, in 1929 and 1930.
At Notre Dame (1930-34) Krause starred in both the basketball, under coach George Keogan, and football, under coach Heartley (Hunk) Anderson. In an era of low-scoring basketball games, Krause became one of the first players to average double figures in points per game (1933). His offensive dominance triggered the establishment of the three-second rule. Krause was named All-American three consecutive times (1932-34) by the Helms Foundation; he was the second player in history to achieve that feat, after Purdue University's John Wooden.
Krause held football coaching jobs at St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota and Holy Cross before returning to Notre Dame as line coach in the spring of 1942. In 1943 he succeeded George Keogan as basketball head coach at Notre Dame. In six seasons, Krause guided the Irish to a 98-48 record. Krause gave up coaching to become Notre Dame's athletic director, succeeding Frank Leahy, a post he held for over 30 years (1949-81). His long and fruitful association with his alma mater earned him the nickname, "Mr. Notre Dame."
Krause is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. On April 26, 1976, Moose Krause was enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
