Ollie W. Reed | |
Birth Date: | 18 July 1896 |
Birth Place: | Norton, Kansas |
Death Place: | Villebaudon, France |
Alma Mater: | Kansas State |
Coach Years1: | 1926 |
Coach Team1: | Drexel |
Overall Record: | 2–5 |
Ollie W. Reed Sr. (July 18, 1896 – July 30, 1944) was a soldier in the United States Armed Forces and an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Drexel University in Philadelphia for one season, in 1926, compiling a record of 2–5. He was also a professor of military history at the school.[1]
Reed died on July 30, 1944, in the French community of Villebaudon during the aftermath of the Battle of Normandy.[2]