Hall of Fame
Fred "Spieg” Spiegelberg began his career at WSU as a championship boxer for coach Ike Deeter and a football letterman under coach Babe Hollingbery. Spiegelberg won the Pacific Coast Inter-collegiate boxing title at light-heavyweight in 1941 and 1942 and was runner-up for the national title in 1942. He earned varsity football letters for WSU in 1939 and 1941. Speig was named Medford High's football coach in 1952 and over the next 31 years won 253 games, lost only 63, and tied 10, while winning 22 district titles. His teams reached the state finals nine times and came home with four football titles. In 1971 he was named the National Coaches Association Coach of the Year and in 1979 selected to the National (High School) Coaches Hall of Fame. Fred received the WSU Alumni Association's Alumni Achievement Award in 1974 and retired from coaching in 1983.
