W. H. Lyon
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Lyon pictured in Cream and Crimson 1896, Central yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 15, 1872 Boonton, New Jersey |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Stamford, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | Central University (1896)[1] Yale University[2] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | Mississippi |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–4 |
| Statistics | |
William Hillyer Lyon was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1899. During his one-season tenure at Mississippi, Lyon compiled an overall record of three wins and four losses (3–4).[3] Lyon was born in 1872 in Boonton, New Jersey. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[4]
In 1906, Lyon was working for a lumber company in Bridgeport, Connecticut as a travelling salesman.[5] By the time of World War I, Lyon living in Bridgeport working as an accountant for the United States Government.[6]
He died in Stamford in 1957.[7][8]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Mississippi Rebels (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Mississippi | 3–4 | 2–3 | ||||||
| Mississippi: | 3–4 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 3–4 | ||||||||
References
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