Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883, in Wausau, Wisconsin – May 3, 1972, in San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

[1] Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics.

[2] Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC.

# denotes interim head coach

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