Rollie Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rollie Williams

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1897

Place of Birth: Edgerton, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1968

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rolland Franklin "Rollie" Williams (October 11, 1897 – April 5, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion in 1923.
He played football, baseball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Williams was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Millikin University during the 1923–24 academic year.
He served two stints as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, from 1929 to 1942 and again for the 1950–51 season.
He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1960.Williams was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin on October 11, 1897.
He died on April 5, 1968, of a heart attack at his home in North Liberty, Iowa.