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Will Coleman

American football player and coach

Died when: 65 years 178 days (785 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Will Coleman

William Julius Coleman (March 8, 1869 – September 2, 1934) was an American football player and coach, as well as a collegiate rower and track and field athlete.

He was the first coach for the Kansas football team, when he served as a player-coach in 1890.He also competed on the KU rowing team, winning the 1 mile 2 man rowing competition along with Charles Orton Lasley in 1892 with a time of 6:04.

Coleman was a track and field athlete at Kansas as well.He ran both the 100-yard dash and the mile, coming in second in the 100-yard dash and first in the mile with a time of 5 minutes and 19.5 seconds at the 1892 official KU Field Day.


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