Byron Wimberly Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Byron Wimberly . . . May 13, 1956 . March 5, 2014 .