Lewis Yeager Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Monticola 1901. September 15, 2015.
  2. News: . Lewis A. Yeger . . . December 12, 1906 . 10 . October 13, 2024 . .
  3. Book: The Sigma Chi Quarterly: The Official Organ of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Sigma Chi Fraternity. 1907. 26. The Fraternity. September 15, 2015.
  4. Book: History and genealogy of the Trexler family. Warren, J.T.. 1972. Schlechter's. September 15, 2015.