William W. Church
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Church cropped from 1897 Purdue team photo
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 17, 1874 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (1897) |
| Playing career | |
| 1896 | Princeton |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1897 | Purdue |
| 1899, 1901 | Georgetown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–8–4 |
| Statistics | |
William Wells Church (December 17, 1874 – March 28, 1966) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University for one season, in 1897, and at Georgetown University for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901, compiling a career college football record of 5–3–1. A native of Chicago,[1] he was an alumnus of Princeton University. He married Mary Myrtle Brock in 1902.[2]
He later resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he died in 1966.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1897) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Purdue | 5–3–1 | 1–2 | 5th | |||||
| Purdue: | 5–3–1 | 1–2 | |||||||
| Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Georgetown | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Georgetown Hoyas (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Georgetown | 3–3–2 | |||||||
| Georgetown: | 8–5–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 13–8–4 | ||||||||
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