Wilmer G. Crowell
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | January 29, 1884
Died | August 23, 1943 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 59)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1903–1905 | Swarthmore |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1906 | George Washington |
1907–1908 | Swarthmore (assistant) |
1912–1913 | Central Manual HS (PA) |
1914–1916 | Lafayette |
Basketball | |
1915–1916 | Lafayette |
Lacrosse | |
1909–1911 | Swarthmore |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1914–1916 | Lafayette |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–15–5 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-American (1905) | |
Wilmer Gardner Crowell (January 29, 1884 – August 23, 1943) was an American college football, basketball and lacrosse player and coach. He served as the head football coach at George Washington University in 1906 and at Lafayette College form 1914 to 1916, compiling a career coaching record of 19–15–5.[1] Crowell died on August 23, 1943, at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]
Crowell was the head referee during the 1936 NFL Championship Game.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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George Washington Hatchetites (Independent) (1906) | |||||||||
1906 | George Washington | 4–3–2 | |||||||
George Washington: | 4–3–2 | ||||||||
Lafayette (Independent) (1914–1916) | |||||||||
1914 | Lafayette | 5–3–2 | |||||||
1915 | Lafayette | 8–3 | |||||||
1916 | Lafayette | 2–6–1 | |||||||
Lafayette: | 15–12–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 19–15–5 |
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Wilmer Crowell Noted Official Dies at 60". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. August 24, 1943. p. 11. Retrieved March 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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