Bill Horr
American discus thrower and football coach
Died when: 75 years 60 days (901 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (May 2, 1880 – July 1, 1955) was an American football player, coach, and Olympic track and field athlete.He played college football as a tackle at Syracuse University and was selected as an All-American in 1908.
At Syracuse, Horr also competed in track and field.At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the Greek Style discus throw and a bronze in the freestyle discus throw.
Horr served as the head football coach at Northwestern University in 1909 and at Purdue University from 1910 to 1912, compiling a career record of 9–14–2.
Related People
American discus thrower
American discus thrower
Football coach
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License