William Hoag | |
Birth Date: | 18 November 1870 |
Birth Place: | Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Reading, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Harvard (1894 AB) Boston U. (1896 LLB) |
Player Years1: | 1892 |
Player Team1: | Harvard |
Coach Years1: | 1896 |
Coach Team1: | Bowdoin |
Coach Years2: | 1897–1901 |
Coach Team2: | Bates |
Overall Record: | 8–6–2 |
William Hoag (November 18, 1870 – August 19, 1953) was an American lawyer, state legislator, and college football player and coach. A Republican, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1907 and 1908.
Hoag played college football at Harvard University during the 1892 season.[1] He graduated from Harvard in 1894.[2] Hoag served as the head football coach at Bowdoin College in 1896 and at Bates College from 1897 to 1901.[3] [4]
Hoag died on August 19, 1953, as his home in Reading, Massachusetts.[5]