Byron Wimberly | |
Birth Date: | 3 September 1892 |
Birth Place: | Stevenson, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1916–1918 |
Player Team2: | Washington & Jefferson |
Player Years3: | 1925 |
Player Team3: | Detroit Panthers |
Player Positions: | Guard, tackle |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919 |
Coach Team2: | Westminster (PA) |
Coach Years3: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team3: | Illinois Wesleyan |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team4: | Washington University |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team6: | Illinois Wesleyan |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1922 |
Coach Team8: | Illinois Wesleyan |
Coach Years9: | 1925 |
Coach Team9: | Illinois Wesleyan |
Overall Record: | 19–18–4 (football) 30–11 (basketball) 14–10 (baseball) |
Adlai Byron "By" Wimberly (September 3, 1892 – May 12, 1956) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football at Washington & Jefferson College and professionally for the Detroit Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Wimberly served as the head football coach at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (1919), Illinois Wesleyan University (1921–1922), and Washington University in St. Louis (1923–1924), compiling a career college football coaching record of 19–18–4. He was also the head basketball coach at Illinois Wesleyan from 1921 to 1923, tallying a mark of 30–11, and the baseball coach at the school in 1922 and 1925. Wimberly later worked as a manufacturer's representative. He died on May 12, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan.[1]