July 15, 1969(1969-07-15) (aged 70) Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917–1919
Illinois
1920
Decatur Staleys
Baseball
1918–1920
Illinois
Position(s)
Tackle (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921–1923
Illinois (assistant)
1924–1931
Iowa
1932–1944
LSU (assistant)
1935–1942
Northwestern (assistant)
1945–1966
Illinois (assistant)
Baseball
1936–1939
Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall
33–27–4 (football) 35–51–1 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1919)
Awards
Third-team All-Pro (1920)
Second-team All-American (1919)
Burton Aherns Ingwersen (August 29, 1898 – July 15, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1924 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 33–27–4. Ingwersen played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Illinois and was an assistant football coach at the school in two stints totaling 25 seasons. He also served as an assistant football coach at Northwestern University and was the head baseball coach there from 1936 to 1939, tallying a mark of 35–51–1.
Burton Aherns Ingwersen (August 29, 1898 – July 15, 1969) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and baseball...
Ingwersen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Axel Ingwersen, winner of the Blue Water Medal BurtIngwersen (1898–1969), American college...
coach Burt C. Hopkins (born 1954), American philosopher BurtIngwersen (1898–1969), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach Burt Jenner...
Dick Reichle (first-team choice by the Reno Evening Gazette); tackle BurtIngwersen (second-team choice by Walter Camp); and guard Jack Depler (second-team...
Henry Symanski (1922) Maury Kent (1923–1928) Paul Stewart (1929–1935) BurtIngwersen (1936–1939) Stan Klores (1940–1941) Maury Kent (1942–1943) Wesley Fry...
Griffith (1909) Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) Howard Jones (1916–1923) BurtIngwersen (1924–1931) Ossie Solem (1932–1936) Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) Eddie Anderson...
in 1918. Tackle BurtIngwersen, guard Albert Mohr, and halfback Jesse Kirkpatrick received first-team All-Big Ten honors. Ingwersen was also the acting...
Griffith (1909) Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) Howard Jones (1916–1923) BurtIngwersen (1924–1931) Ossie Solem (1932–1936) Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) Eddie Anderson...
Griffith (1909) Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) Howard Jones (1916–1923) BurtIngwersen (1924–1931) Ossie Solem (1932–1936) Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) Eddie Anderson...
of Iowa in the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. This marks BurtIngwersen's first season as head coach of the Hawkeyes. "Ohio State and Iowa Stage...
Henry Symanski (1922) Maury Kent (1923–1928) Paul Stewart (1929–1935) BurtIngwersen (1936–1939) Stan Klores (1940–1941) Maury Kent (1942–1943) Wesley Fry...
NT Jeff George, QB Jim Grabowski, FB Red Grange, HB George Halas, E BurtIngwersen, T Jim Juriga, G John Karras, HB Ray Nitschke, FB/LB Ed O'Bradovich...
Henry Symanski (1922) Maury Kent (1923–1928) Paul Stewart (1929–1935) BurtIngwersen (1936–1939) Stan Klores (1940–1941) Maury Kent (1942–1943) Wesley Fry...
University of Iowa and made the squad. He was a reserve lineman for coach BurtIngwersen who did not see much playing time on the football field, though he did...
Norwegian-American Nordic skier and inventor of the first safety ski binding BurtIngwersen (1898–1969) – American football, basketball, and baseball player Kenneth...
Center Jack Depler was a consensus first-team All-American. Tackle BurtIngwersen received first-team All-Big Ten honors. Key PPG = Average of points...
Henry Symanski (1922) Maury Kent (1923–1928) Paul Stewart (1929–1935) BurtIngwersen (1936–1939) Stan Klores (1940–1941) Maury Kent (1942–1943) Wesley Fry...
member of the Big Ten Conference. In their eighth year under head coach BurtIngwersen, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 1–6–1, with a mark of 0–3–1...
Griffith (1909) Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) Howard Jones (1916–1923) BurtIngwersen (1924–1931) Ossie Solem (1932–1936) Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) Eddie Anderson...
Griffith (1909) Jesse Hawley (1910–1915) Howard Jones (1916–1923) BurtIngwersen (1924–1931) Ossie Solem (1932–1936) Irl Tubbs (1937–1938) Eddie Anderson...
Dame failed, Belting quickly hired BurtIngwersen, an assistant coach at Illinois. Many Iowa fans disliked Ingwersen, both because he was an Illini, and...
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