Byron Wimberly
American football player and sports coach (1892–1956)
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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.[1]
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Stevenson, Alabama, U.S.
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Wimberly in 1925 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 3, 1892 Stevenson, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 1956 (aged 63) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1916–1918 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1925 | Detroit Panthers |
| Positions | Guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1919 | Westminster (PA) |
| 1921–1922 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 1923–1924 | Washington University |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1923 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Baseball | |
| 1922 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 1925 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–18–4 (football) 30–11 (basketball) 14–10 (baseball) |
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Titans () (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Westminster | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| Westminster: | 2–3–2 | ||||||||
| Illinois Wesleyan Titans (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1921–1922) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Illinois Wesleyan | 4–3–2 | |||||||
| 1922 | Illinois Wesleyan | 6–3 | |||||||
| Illinois Wesleyan: | 10–6–2 | ||||||||
| Washington University Pikers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1923–1924) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Washington University | 3–5 | 1–4 | 9th | |||||
| 1924 | Washington University | 4–4 | 0–4 | 9th | |||||
| Washington University: | 7–9 | 1–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–18–4 | ||||||||
