Byron Wimberly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Byron Wimberly

American football player and coach, basketball coach

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1892

Place of Birth: Stevenson, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-1956

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Adlai Byron "By" Wimberly (September 3, 1892 – May 12, 1956) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
He played college football at Washington & Jefferson College and professionally for the Detroit Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).
Wimberly served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1919), Illinois Wesleyan University (1921–1922), and Washington University in St.
Louis (1923–1924), compiling a career college football coaching record of 19–18–4.
He was also the head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 1921 to 1923, tallying a mark of 30–11, and the baseball coach at the school in 1922 and 1925.
Wimberly later worked as a manufacturer's representative.
He died on May 12, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan.