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Bill Wertenbaker
William C. Wertenbaker (September 15, 1875 – March 24, 1933) was an American college football coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Wofford College (1895), the University of Richmond (1897), the University of South Carolina (1898), and Washington and Lee University (1900, 1902), compiling a career college football record of 11–16. Wertenbaker practiced medicine in New Castle and Wilmington, Delaware, specializing in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Wertenbaker cropped from the 1901 Washington and Lee gymnasium team photo | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 16, 1875 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 24, 1933 (aged 57) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1895 | Wofford |
| 1897 | Richmond |
| 1898 | South Carolina |
| 1900 | Washington and Lee |
| 1901 | Washington and Lee (assistant) |
| 1902 | Washington and Lee |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1898 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 11–16 |
Wertenbaker was born on September 15, 1875, in Charlottesville, Virginia. He died on March 24, 1933, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland following a brief illness.[1] He had a son, Charles, born circa 1901, who later became a foreign editor of Time.[2]
Head coaching record edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wofford Terriers (Independent) (1895) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Wofford | 3–1 | |||||||
| Wofford: | 3–1 | ||||||||
| Richmond Spiders (Independent) (1897) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Richmond | 3–5 | |||||||
| Richmond: | 3–5 | ||||||||
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Independent) (1898) | |||||||||
| 1898 | South Carolina | 1–2 | |||||||
| South Carolina: | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Washington and Lee Generals (Independent) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Washington and Lee | 0–5 | |||||||
| Washington and Lee Generals (Independent) (1902) | |||||||||
| 1902 | Washington and Lee | 4–3 | |||||||
| Washington and Lee: | 4–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 11–16 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Dr. Wertenbaker Dies in Baltimore; Ill Short Time". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. March 25, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Foreign Editor of Time Magazine Find Events Too Exciting to Write More Books". The Sunday Morning Star. Wilmington, Delaware. September 22, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Google News.
External links edit
- Bill Wertenbaker at Find a Grave