Edbert C. Buss

Edbert Charles Buss (1884 – April 11, 1935) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach (1916–1920) and head basketball coach (1916–1921) at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.^[1][2] Buss previously served as the head football coach at Detroit Central High School from 1914 to 1915, where his team was crowned the mythical High School Football National Champion in 1915.^[3]

Edbert C. Buss

Biographical details
Born	1884
Died	April 11, 1935 (aged 51) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1915	Detroit Central HS (MI)
1916–1920	DePauw
Basketball
1914–1916	Detroit Central HS (MI)
1916–1921	DePauw
Head coaching record
Overall	21–13–1 (college football) 54–24 (college basketball) 20–0–1 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football High School National (1915)

Buss died at the age of 51, on April 11, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He had undergone surgery for acute appendicitis several days earlier.^[4]