[2] He left Harvard to accept a coaching job at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

[1] During World War I, he served aboard the USS Neptune as an ensign in the United States Navy.

While at Michigan, Sturzenegger served as a scout and as assistant coach responsible for the halfbacks and ends.

In October 1921, a University of Michigan publication wrote that Sturznegger's "flat helmet has been a familiar sight on Ferry Field for several seasons.

'Sturz' hails from Nebraska and has an uncanny ability in imparting the fundamentals and tricks of the game to linemen and backs as well.

He is famous throughout the country for the manner in which he teaches, as he dons a football suit and personally blocks, tackles and runs with the ball, not to mention letting the boys try their stuff on him.

Henry continued: "The gentleman with the lengthy name has one of the finest of reputations in the Middle West as a developer of ends and backs and as a scout.

He has a fine position, which he has held for a long time, with the trust department of a big local bank, but aside from his business he is chiefly interested in football.