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Bill Coughlan

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Bill Coughlan
Biographical details
Born1899
Died(1952-07-05)July 5, 1952
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Playing career
Football
1920–1922Sewanee
Position(s)Halfback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Track
1930–1931Chattanooga
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Porter Cup (1920)
Sewanee Athletic Hall of Fame
2nd-team All-time Sewanee football team

William M. Coughlan (1899 – July 5, 1952)[1] was an American college football player and track athlete and coach. He played football and ran track at Sewanee: The University of the South and was inducted into the school's sports hall of fame in 2005.[2][3] Coughlan was a halfback and quarterback on the Sewanee Tigers football team and captain of the 1920 squad.[4] He returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown against Alabama in 1922.[5] He was second-team on the all-time Sewanee football team.[6] Coughlan coached track at the University of Chattanooga in 1930,[7] and later coached at Notre Dame prep.

References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS2H-JMZ : 25 May 2014), William M. Coughlan, 05 Jul 1952; citing Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, cn 52-15470, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 2,372,465.
  2. ^ "轮理片在人线2021免费关看-精修版2K标清MP4vip在线播放". September 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sewanee Athletics".
  4. ^ "The ATO Palm". ATO. January 1, 1922 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ 1922 Season. Players Archived 2018-09-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Lettermen". Sewanee Alumni News: 14–18. 1949.
  7. ^ Govan, Gilbert Eaton; Livingood, James Weston (January 1, 1947). The University of Chattanooga: Sixty Years. University of Chattanooga – via Internet Archive.