J. Wilder Tasker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

J. Wilder Tasker

American football player and coach, basketball coach, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1887

Place of Birth: Richmond, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1974

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Joshua Wilder Tasker (June 25, 1887 – March 14, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut (1921–1922), the College of William & Mary (1923–1927), and Rutgers University (1931–1937), compiling a career college football record of 67–52–11.
Wilder was also the head basketball coach at Connecticut during the 1921–22 season and at William & Mary from 1923 to 1928, tallying a career college basketball mark of 64–49.
In addition he served as the head baseball coach at Connecticut (1922–1923), William & Mary (1924–1928), and Rutgers (1932–1937), amassing a career college baseball record of 88–108–4.