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People > Notables > Monte Brethauer

Monte Brethauer

Monte Leon Brethauer was born on April 8, 1931 in Portland, Oregon. His parents were Samuel and Beatrice Mary (née Helzer) Brethauer. Samuel Brethauer's parents immigrated to the United States from Walter, Russia in 1903. Beatrice Mary Helzer's family emigrated from Norka, Russia in 1900.

The family lived at 4135 N.E. 15th Avenue, near Skidmore Street.
Monte attended Highland Grade School (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School) and Jefferson High School (class of 1949) in Portland, Oregon where he was a four-year football letter-winner; twice a first Team All-Portland Interscholastic League (PIL) selection; a member of two PIL Championship teams; a runner up in Oregon State Playoffs; and a player in the annual Oregon Shrine Game.

​Monte was selected as a member of the PIL Hall of Fame in 2005.
Monte Brethauer - Jefferson High School football team 1948-1949
Page from the 1948-1949 Jefferson High School "Spectrum" yearbook featuring members of that year's football team, including Monte Brethauer. Courtesy of Harold Kammerzell.
​According to Monte's cousin, Melvin (Mel) Cook, Monte modeled clothes for ads, in both The Oregon Journal and The Oregonian newspapers, during his sophomore and senior years at Jefferson High School.
Picture
Black and white photo of University of Oregon football player Monte Brethauer, who played for the Ducks 1950-52. Brethauer is showing his hands, while two other individuals, behind him, show theirs, creating an image of Brethauer having six hands, to emphasize the success he enjoyed as a pass receiver. Photo used with permissions granted by the University of Oregon Libraries.
Monte went on to become a football letter winner (1950, 1951, 1952) playing for Len Casanova at the University of Oregon where he set a record for pass receptions with 101. Brethauer was selected as an All-Pacific Coast Conference receiver.
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Monte Brethauer with his University of Oregon teammates and coach in Seattle before a game with the University of Washington in 1952. Pictured from left to right: Hal Dunham, quarterback; Emery Barnes, end; Monte Brethauer, end; George Shaw, back; and Oregon Coach Len Casanova.
After college, Monte was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the 1953 National Football League draft and played two season (1953 and 1955) as punter and wide receiver. Brethauer was consider the Colts top rookie in 1953 but was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1954 during the Korean War.

Monte Brethauer died in Portland on October 14, 1994 and was buried at the Rose City Cemetery.

Sources

PIL Hall of Fame website

Ancestry.com

NFL.com

University of Oregon Libraries

Melvin W. Cook

Monte Brethauer's NFL Statistics
Last updated December 28, 2020..
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