Lewis Yeager | |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1878 |
Birth Place: | Marlinton, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1896–1899 |
Player Team1: | West Virginia |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Coach Years1: | 1899 |
Coach Team1: | West Virginia |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | West Virginia |
Overall Record: | 5–5 |
Lewis Armstrong Yeager,[1] first name sometimes spelled Louis (September 10, 1878 – December 10, 1906) was an American college football player and coach and lawyer. He was the seventh head football coach at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, serving for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901, compiling a record of 5–5. Yeager also played football at West Virginia as a fullback from 1896 to 1899, and was captain of the 1898 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
Yeager practiced law in Morgantown from 1901 until his death in 1906. He died on December 10, 1906, of heart disease, following a brief illness.[2] [3] He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.[4]