Len Watters | |
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Born |
Dubuque, Iowa | June 4, 1898
Died | December 1986 | (aged 88)
Leonard Alvyn Watters (June 4, 1898 – December 1986) was an American football player and coach.
Watters was born in Dubuque, Iowa and attended Central High School in South Bend, Indiana, and Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1] He played professional football for the Buffalo Bisons in the 1924 NFL season, appearing in eight games for the Bisons.[1] Watters spent 42 years as a coach, including 15 years as the head football coach for Williams College from 1948 to 1962.[2] He compiled a record of 68–47 at Williams and ranks fourth in career wins among Williams Ephs football coaches.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Len Watters". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610101618/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WATTELEN01. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ↑ Griffith, Owen (November 16, 1962). "Ephmen, Jeffs each 6-1 in Title Game; Len Watters Ends 42 Years As Coach". https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/948527902.html?dids=948527902:948527902&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+16,+1962&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Ephmen,+Jeffs+each+6-1+in+Title+Game;+Len+Watters+Ends+42+Years+As+Coach&pqatl=google.
- ↑ "Williams College Division III Football Record Book". Presto Sports. http://williams.prestosports.com/sports/fball/EphFootballrecordsthru2008updated.pdf%3Fdec%3D.
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