Lewis Yeager
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 Yeager pictured in The Monticola, West Virginia yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 10, 1878 Marlinton, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1906 (aged 28) Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1896–1899 | West Virginia |
| Position | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | West Virginia |
| 1901 | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–5 |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Lewis Armstrong Yeager,[1] first name sometimes spelled Louis (September 10, 1878 – December 10, 1906) was an American college football player and coach and lawyer. He was the seventh head football coach at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901, compiling a record of 5–5. Yeager also played football at West Virginia as a fullback from 1896 to 1899, and was captain of the 1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
Yeager practiced law in Morgantown from 1901 until his death in 1906. He died on December 10, 1906, of heart disease, following a brief illness.[2][3] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | West Virginia | 2–3 | |||||||
| West Virginia Mountaineers (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | West Virginia | 3–2 | |||||||
| West Virginia: | 5–5 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–5 | ||||||||
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1878 births
- 1906 deaths
- 19th-century players of American football
- American football fullbacks
- Player-coaches
- West Virginia Mountaineers football players
- West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
- People from Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- Coaches of American football from West Virginia
- Players of American football from West Virginia
- Lawyers from Morgantown, West Virginia
- Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Morgantown, West Virginia)
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1890s stubs