John Ethan Hill Explained

John Ethan Hill
Birth Date:15 October 1865
Birth Place:Mystic, Connecticut, U.S.
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma Mater:Yale University (1885)[1]
Clark University (1895, Ph.D)
Coach Years1:1900
Coach Team1:West Virginia
Overall Record:4–3

John Ethan Hill (October 15, 1865 – July 2, 1941) was an American mathematician and college football coach. He served as the eighth head football coach for West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, and he held that position for the 1900 season. His coaching record at West Virginia was 4–3.[2]

Hillwas born in Mystic, Connecticut, in 1865. He graduated from Yale University in 1885 and received a PhD from Clark University.[3]

He died on July 2, 1941, at Brooklyn, New York.[4] [5] He was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Full text of "Catalogue of officers and graduates of Columbia university from the foundation of King's college in 1754". archive.org. 1912 .
  2. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigeast/west_virginia/coaching_records.php West Virginia Mountaineers football coaching records
  3. Web site: Herringshaw's national library of American biography. google.ca. Herringshaw. Thomas William. 1914.
  4. Web site: 1941-1942 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University. 29 June 2005. September 15, 2015.
  5. Book: A Century of Mathematics in America. google.ca. 9780821801369. Duren. Peter L.. Askey. Richard. Merzbach. Uta C.. Edwards. Harold M.. 1988. American Mathematical Society .