Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883, in Wausau, Wisconsin – May 3, 1972, in San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. He graduated in 1906.[2]
Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC.
^"Emil Breitkreutz". Olympedia. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
^History: The Era of the Founders (1880–1921) Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, University of Southern California, Accessed August 27, 2008.
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