(1952-08-28)August 28, 1952 (aged 48) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
1926–1928
Illinois
Position(s)
Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1929–1930
Central Michigan
1931–1933
Indiana (line)
1935–1952
LaSalle-Peru HS (IL)
Head coaching record
Overall
8–5–2 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1927)
Awards
First-team All-American (1928)
First-team All-Big Ten (1928)
Albert J. "Butch" Nowack (1904 – September 28, 1952) was an American football player and coach.
A native of Pana, Illinois, he played college football as a tackle at the University of Illinois under Robert Zuppke and was a member of the 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team that won the national championship and captain of the 1928 team that won the Big Ten Conference championship. He was selected as a first-team player on the 1927 and 1928 All-Big Ten Conference football teams. He was also selected by the All-America Board and the North American Newspaper Alliance as a first-team player on the 1928 College Football All-America Team.
He was the head coach of the Central State Teachers College football team in 1929 and 1930. In April 1931, he was hired as an assistant football coach under Earl C. Hayes at Indiana University.[1] He served as Indiana's line coach for the 1931, 1932, and 1933 seasons.[2] In June 1935, he was hired as the head football coach at LaSalle-Peru High School in Illinois.[3] He served in that position for 17 years.
Nowack was unmarried. He died in 1952 at age 48 while undergoing treatment for throat cancer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.[4][5] He was buried at Mound Cemetery in Pana, Illinois.
^"Butch Nowack Appointed To Be Hayes Assistant at I.U." The Indianapolis News. April 21, 1931. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^"A. J. (Butch) Nowack Is Released as Line Coach at Indiana University". The Indianapolis Star. March 13, 1934. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Butch Nowack Named Coach, LaSalle-Peru High School". The Freeport Journal-Standard. June 25, 1935. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
^"'Butch' Nowack Dies of Cancer". The Decatur Review. September 29, 1952. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Butch Nowack, Coach At LaSalle-Peru, Dies In Mayo Clinic Sunday". The Journal-Standard (Freeport, IL). September 29, 1952. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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