Theodore Kiendl, Jr. (May 5, 1890 – July 26, 1976) was an American college basketball player at Columbia University in the early 1900s.
[2] He was a team captain in his final three seasons and was also a three-time All-Eastern Interscholastic League selection (1908–09, 1911).
[2] Kiendl played the forward position and weighed 215 pounds (98 kg) by the time he was a senior in 1910–11.
[3] He also played on the school's baseball team and served as a captain for three years.
[5] He argued the landmark case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins before the United States Supreme Court in 1938.