William Alexander (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Alexander (American football)

American football coach, born 1889

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1889

Place of Birth: Mud River, United States

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1950

Profession: coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Anderson Alexander (June 6, 1889 – April 23, 1950) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1920 to 1944, compiling a record of 134–95–15.
Alexander has the second most victories of any Tech football coach.
Alexander's 1928 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been recognized as national champions by a number of selectors.
Alexander was the first college football coach to place his teams in the four major post-season bowl games of the time: Sugar, Cotton, Orange and Rose.
His teams won three of the four bowls.
The 1929 Rose Bowl win, which earned his team the national championship, is the most celebrated because of the wrong-way run by California's Roy Riegels.
Alexander was also the head basketball coach at Georgia Tech for four seasons from 1919 to 1924.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.