Ed Behmler, ’34 • Football, Baseball, Basketball
Ed Behmler was an outstanding athlete at Carleton. Winner of 9 letters, he starred in football, baseball, and basketball. His best sport at Carleton was football. A rugged hard-nosed lineman, Ed was clearly the standout on a line that played both ways and was a big reason that Carleton dominated the Midwest Conference. In basketball, he played a guard position and was a hard-hitting infielder and captain in his senior year in baseball.
Ted Setterquist, ’29 • Football, Basketball, Track & Field
Ted Setterquist was an outstanding football, basketball and track athlete while at Carleton College. Called “the best back guard in the conference,” his efforts were responsible for the fact that Carleton had fewer points scored against them than any school in the league. Ted captained the 1927-28 basketball team. Playing both offensive and defensive end in football, Ted was named to the All-Midwest Conference team in 1927.
Conference championships were a way of like to Ted Sutterquist. In 1924 the football team won the Midwest, in 1926 the track team won and in 1928 basketball brought home the crown. The only loss for the 1926 track team was to Northwestern (Big 10 Champions). Ted was a member of the record setting medley relay team.
Chet McGraw • Head Coach- Swimming, Track & Field, Linemen
While coaching at Carleton for 12 years (1946-58), Chester T. McGraw greatly contributed to Carleton athletics. As head swimming coach, McGraw’s teams won four Midwest Conference titles, finished second four times and third on four occasions. Under McGraw’s tutelage, Carleton swimmers won 88 meets and lost only 25 times in dual competition. A graduate of the University of Washington, McGraw succeeded Walter L. Hass as football coach at Hibbing High School and then followed Hass to Carleton after serving as recreational and welfare officer of the United States Army in China. Besides swimming, McGraw coached Carleton linemen and served as head track coach for two years. McGraw left Carleton in 1958 following Hass to the University of Chicago where he became Director of Intramural Athletics. While at Chicago, McGraw administered an intramural program of 17 sports which included over 4500 athletes.