Albert Barthelme
Personal information | |
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Born | October 10, 1919 Blue Point, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 4, 2004(2004-03-04) (aged 84) Chaptico, Maryland, U.S. |
Career information | |
College | Loyola (Maryland) (1945–1946) |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1944–1945 | Loyola (Maryland) |
1946–1950 | Towson Catholic HS |
1950–1954 | University of Baltimore |
1954 | Baltimore Bullets |
1961–? | St. Mary's (Maryland) |
Albert Lewis Barthelme Sr. (October 10, 1919 – March 4, 2004[1]) was an American basketball coach at the high school, college and professional levels.[2]
Barthelme coached the Loyola College Greyhounds basketball team for the 1944–1945 season, playing for the team the following season.[2] From 1946 to 1950 he was athletics director, basketball and football coach at Towson Catholic High School where one of his students was future NBA player and coach Gene Shue.[2]
Barthelme was head basketball coach at the University of Baltimore from 1950 to 1954. Using an offense-dominated approach dubbed "firehouse" basketball, he was the subject of numerous newspaper stories about the high-scoring games.[2] Seven games into the 1953–1954 season, the team was averaging well over 100 points per game.[3]
An assistant coach and publicist for the Baltimore Bullets 1954–1955 season,[4] Barthelme was named head coach on November 20, 1954[5] but would only coach three games before the club went out of business on November 27.[4]
In 1961 Barthelme coached basketball for St. Mary's Seminary Junior College and Patuxent Naval Base.[6]
Following his brief NBA stint, Barthelme worked in public relations at Carling Brewing Co., later becoming a beer distributor in 1962.[2] From 1966 to 1985 he served as supervisor of the St. Mary's County, Maryland Youth Commission which later became the Department of Parks and Recreation.[2] Barthelme was survived by his second wife, five sons, a daughter, and 11 grandchildren, and predeceased by his first wife and one son.[2]
References
- ^ Kline, Star (January 22, 2009). "Albert Lewis Barthelme, Sr". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kelly, Jacques (March 7, 2004). "Albert Lewis Barthelme Sr., 84, basketball coach, athletics director". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ Sandler, Gilbert (March 29, 1994). "UB Bees' bombastic basketball". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ a b Marcus, Jeff (July 1, 2003). A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0810840072. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ "Al Barthelme Is New Coach of Baltimore". Reading Eagle. United Press International. November 20, 1954. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ "Coach Barthelme Joins SMS Staff". Point News. St. Mary's City, Maryland: St. Mary's Student Newspaper Archive. December 15, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
"Coach". Point News. St. Mary's City, Maryland: St. Mary's Student Newspaper Archive. December 15, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
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