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Jake Christiansen
1998-99 Hall of Fame
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Football & Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics (1929-1941)
Jake Christiansen

"A remarkable one-man athletics department, Jake Christiansen coached an undefeated football team in 1932, and his basketball team of 1938 won the Indiana Intercollegiate title and went on to play in the National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

He went on to coach basketball from 1941-1942 through 1952-1953, and football from 1941 through 1968 at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. Coach Christiansen was inducted posthumously.

1998-99 Hall of Fame
Debbie BolenBasketball (1989-1993)
Jake ChristiansenFootball & Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics (1929-1941)
John KnightFootball & Track & Field(1958-1962)
Bill TatmanFootball (1936-1939)
1950 Football Team Football (1950)
Baseball Valpo 8 Niles, Ohio
May 23 UIC 7
M Track NCAA East Regional Championships Greensboro, N.C.
May 24 No Team Score
Baseball Valpo 6 Niles, Ohio
May 25 Milwaukee 4
Baseball Valpo 3 Niles, Ohio
May 26 Wright State 0
Baseball Valpo 4 Bloomington, Ind.
May 31 #13 Indiana 5
Baseball Valpo 5 Bloomington, Ind.
Jun 1 Florida 4
Baseball Valpo 4 Bloomington, Ind.
Jun 2 Austin Peay 5