A. F. Holste

A. F. Holste
Biographical details
Born	September 8, 1874; Palatine, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1899	Chicago
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1900	Whitewater Normal
1901	Denison
1902	Morgan Park Academy (IL)
1903	Rose Polytechnic
1904	Fairmount
1908–1911	Hastings
1912	Bellevue (NE)
1913	Butte HS (MT)
1916	Lenox
1917	Fargo
1919–1921	Fergus County HS (MT)
1922–1925	Hastings
Baseball
1904	Fairmount
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Montana high school state (1913)

Friedrich August Albert Holste, known as August Fred Holste, (September 8, 1874 – ?) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Rose Polytechnic Institute—now known as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology—in 1903 and Fairmount College–now known as Wichita State University in 1904. Holste played college football at the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the undefeated 1899 Chicago Maroons football team.^[1] Holste coached at Morgan Park Academy in Chicago 1902.^[2]

Holster served as the head football coach at Whitewater Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater—in 1900 and Denison University in 1901.^[3] In 1913, he was the head football coach at Butte High School in Butte, Montana, winning the state championship in his lone season.^[4]

References

^ "Fairmount's Plans". The Wichita Daily Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. May 15, 1904. p. 11. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Coach for Rose Polytechnic". Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. September 8, 1903. p. 7. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Hastings Hopes for Winning Team". Sunday State Journal. September 26, 1909. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ "Coach Holste Leaves". Butte Daily Post. Butte, Montana. June 6, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved November 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .

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