Alfred G. Wheeler | |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1899 |
Birth Place: | Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | North Carolina, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Columbia |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1918–1921 |
Player Team2: | Oberlin |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1918–1922 |
Player Team4: | Oberlin |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1925–1926 |
Coach Team2: | Iowa State (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1927–1928 |
Coach Team3: | Amherst (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1929–1931 |
Coach Team4: | Amherst |
Coach Years5: | 1938–1960 |
Coach Team5: | Peru State |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1927–1932 |
Coach Team7: | Amherst |
Coach Years8: | 1938–1946 |
Coach Team8: | Peru State |
Overall Record: | 140–65–15 (football) |
Championships: | Football 2 NIAA (1939–1940) 4 NCC (1951–1953, 1960) |
Alfred George Wheeler (March 2, 1899 – June 16, 1982) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach.[1] He served as the head football and men's basketball coach at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts,[2] before serving in the same roles at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska[3]
As a college athlete at Oberlin College, he quarterbacked his team to a 1921 victory over Ohio State.[4]