Boyd Hill Explained

Boyd Hill
Birth Date:16 September 1878
Birth Place:Harlem, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1904
Coach Team2:Central State Normal
Coach Years3:1905
Coach Team3:Haskell
Coach Years4:1906–1907
Coach Team4:Oklahoma A&M
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1907–1908
Coach Team6:Oklahoma A&M
Overall Record:9–16–4 (football)
2–3 (basketball)

Boyd Almon Hill (September 16, 1878 – December 31, 1908) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Central State Normal School—now known as the University of Central Oklahoma—in 1904, the Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University—in 1905, and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater—from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–16–4. Hill was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M for one season in 1907–08, tallying a mark of 2–3.

Hill was born on September 16, 1878, in Harlem, Illinois and graduated from high school in Belvidere, Illinois. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1899, but left in 1902 due to illness. Hill moved to Beaver County, Oklahoma in 1903 and then to Edmond, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Central State Normal School in 1905. He died of meningitis on December 31, 1908, at his home in Stillwater, Oklahoma.[1] [2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Obituary of Boyd A. Hill . Orange and Black . . December 1908 . 10 . August 10, 2021 . .
  2. News: . Obituary of Boyd A. Hill (continued) . Orange and Black . . December 1908 . 11 . August 10, 2021 . .
  3. News: . Death Of Boyd Almon Hill . The Stillwater Democrat . . January 7, 1909 . 2 . August 10, 2021 . .
  4. News: . Memorial Held For Boyd Hill . Republican-Northwestern . . January 26, 1909 . 6 . July 16, 2019 . .