Will Coleman (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Will Coleman (American football)

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1869

Place of Birth: Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1934

Profession: coach, athletics competitor, rower, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Julius Coleman (March 8, 1869 – September 2, 1934) was an American football player and coach, as well as a collegiate rower and track and field athlete.
He was the first coach for the Kansas football team, when he served as a player-coach in 1890.
He also competed on the KU rowing team, winning the 1 mile 2 man rowing competition along with Charles Orton Lasley in 1892 with a time of 6:04.
Coleman was a track and field athlete at Kansas as well.
He ran both the 100-yard dash and the mile, coming in second in the 100-yard dash and first in the mile with a time of 5 minutes and 19.5 seconds at the 1892 official KU Field Day.