Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg (March 16, 1898 – January 31, 1985) was an American college football, college basketball, and college baseball player, coach, and athletics administrator.

Basketball

The Gardner, Illinois native coached for 23 years at McPherson College, Washburn College, and Northwestern University. Lonborg graduated in 1921 from University of Kansas, having played two years under coach Phog Allen.

In 1921 Dutch won an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) title as a player with the Kansas City Athletic Club Blue Diamonds. In 1925 he coached Washburn College to an AAU title, the last time a college team won that championship. Later he coached at Northwestern, getting 237 wins during his time there, and leading them to Big Ten Conference championships in 1931 and 1933. His 1930–31 team finished the season with a 16–1 record, was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, and was retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. He had an overall 323–217 college coaching record at all three schools.

After he retired from coaching, he became chairman of the NCAA Tournament Committee from 1947 to 1960, succeeding Harold Olsen. He was the U.S. Olympic team manager for the 1960 Olympics. He also served as the Kansas Jayhawks athletic director from 1950 to 1963.

Lonborgwas inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973 as a coach.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Washburn (Kansas Conference) (1923–1927)
1923–24Washburn13–4
1924–25Washburn15–0AAU Champions
1925–26Washburn12–1–1
1926–27Washburn12–8
Washburn:52–13–1 (0.800)
Northwestern (Western Conference) (1927–1950)
1927-28Northwestern12–59–3T–3rd
1928–29Northwestern12–57–54th
1929–30Northwestern8–86–66th
1930–31Northwestern16–111–11stHelms National Champion
1931–32Northwestern13–59–3T–2nd
1932–33Northwestern15–410–2T–1st
1933–34Northwestern11–88–4T–2nd
1934–35Northwestern10–103–98th
1935–36Northwestern13–67–5T–3rd
1936–37Northwestern11–9–1[Note A]4–87th
1937–38Northwestern10–107–5T–3rd
1938–39Northwestern7–135–76th
1939–40Northwestern13–77–5T–4th
1940–41Northwestern7–113–99th
1941–42Northwestern8–135–10T–7th
1942–43Northwestern8–97–53rd
1943–44Northwestern12–78–4T–4th
1944–45Northwestern7–124–8T–6th
1945–46Northwestern15–58–4T–3rd
1946–47Northwestern7–132–109th
1947–48Northwestern6–143–9T–8th
1948–49Northwestern5–162–109th
1949–50Northwestern10–123–9T–8th
Northwestern:236–203–1 (.538)138–141 (.495)
Total:288–216-2 (0.571)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

^A. Due to a scoring error during the Notre Dame game in 1936, a game which was originally ruled a 21–20 win for Notre Dame was determined to be a tie when it was discovered Notre Dame had received one more point than they had actually scored. Notre Dame returned to the court to finish the game, but Northwestern refused to return to the court. The Wildcats left the building and the game was deemed a tie.

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
McPherson Bulldogs (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1921–1922)
1921McPherson5–62–613th
1922McPherson5–45–47th
McPherson:10–107–10
Total:10–10

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