A. F. Holste

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]

A. F. Holste

Biographical details
Born	(1874-09-08)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
Head coaching record
Overall	48–38–8 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NIC (1923) Montana high school state (1913)

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]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Whitewater Normal (Independent) (1900)
1900	Whitewater Normal	6–4
Whitewater Normal:		6–4
Denison (Independent) (1901)
1901	Denison	6–5
Denison:		6–5
Rose Polytechnic (Independent) (1903)
1903	Rose Polytechnic	4–3
Rose Polytechnic:		4–3
Fairmount Wheatshockers (Independent) (1904)
1904	Fairmount	4–5
Fairmount:		4–5
Hastings (Independent) (1908–1911)
1908	Hastings	5–2
1909	Hastings	2–2–2
1910	Hastings	3–0–2
1911	Hastings	1–2
Lenox (Independent) (1916)
1916	Lenox	0–3
Lenox:		0–3
Fargo Hilltoppers (Independent) (1917)
1917	Fargo	0–4
Fargo:		0–4
Hastings Broncos (Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference / Nebraska College Athletic Conference) (1922–1925)
1922	Hastings	4–2–1	4–2–1	T–6th
1923	Hastings	7–0	7–0	1st
1924	Hastings	5–1–2	4–0–1	2nd
1925	Hastings	1–5–1	1–4–1	9th
Hastings:		28–14–8	16–6–3
Total:		48–38–8
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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