 Lange subsequently enrolled at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio.He played college football as a tackle on Wittenberg football teams that went undefeated for consecutive seasons in 1919 and 1920.His football coach at Wittenberg was Ernie Godfrey, who later served as a longtime assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.