Len Watters
American football player and coach (1898–1986)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1898-06-04)June 4, 1898 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | December 1986 (1987-01) (aged 88) |
Playing career | |
c. 1921 | Springfield |
1924 | Buffalo Bisons |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1930–1947 | White Plains HS (NY) |
1948–1962 | Williams |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 68–47 (college) |
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]
References
- ^ a b "Len Watters". databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
- ^ Griffith, Owen (November 16, 1962). "Ephmen, Jeffs each 6-1 in Title Game; Len Watters Ends 42 Years As Coach". The Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Williams College Division III Football Record Book". Presto Sports.
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Williams Ephs head football coaches
- Josiah J. Hazen & Alfred H. Hine (1899)
- Josiah J. Hazen (1901)
- Alfred H. Thomas (1902)
- Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1903)
- Morris Ely (1904–1905)
- Bob Hatch (1906)
- Samuel B. Newton (1907)
- William Wiles Elder (1908)
- Samuel B. Newton (1909–1910)
- Fred Daly (1911–1915)
- Joseph W. Brooks (1916)
- Mysterious Walker (1917)
- No team (1918)
- Joseph W. Brooks (1919–1920)
- Percy Wendell (1921–1924)
- Douglas Lawson (1925–1927)
- Charlie Caldwell (1928–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- A. Barr Snively (1946–1947)
- Len Watters (1948–1962)
- Frank Navarro (1963–1967)
- Larry Catuzzi (1968–1970)
- Bob Odell (1971–1986)
- Dick Farley (1987–2003)
- Mike Whalen (2004–2009)
- Aaron Kelton (2010–2015)
- Mark Raymond (2016–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Mark Raymond (2021– )