Biographical details | |
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Born | (1888-06-09)June 9, 1888 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 1944(1944-12-08) (aged 56) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1905β1909 | Sewanee |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1914β1915 | Sewanee (assistant) |
1919β1921 | Chattanooga |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 10β15β2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2Γ All-Southern (1908β1909) Second-team All-Time Sewanee football team | |
Silas McBee "Sike" Williams (June 9, 1888 β December 8, 1944) was an American college football player and coach as well as a lawyer.
Sewaneeβ»
Williams was a prominent end for theββSewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, selected second-team for its All-Time football team, He stood 5'9" and weighed 150 pounds.
1909β»
Williams was selected All-Southern and captain of the SIAA champion 1909 team.
Harvardβ»
He also attended Harvard Law School, receiving his LL. B. in 1913.
Law school footballβ»
There in a game of all-stars from Michigan, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt against Harvard, including Germany Schulz at center. And Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin at left guard, Williams played on Harvard's team against his former quarterback Chigger Browne. That game ended in a scoreless tie. A second game was played between Harvard Law School and a different "All-Southern" team. Williams scored the only points in the 5ββto 0 victory when he ran in a touchdown off a Stephen Galatti pass.
Chattanoogaβ»
Williams served as the head football coach at the University of Chattanoogaβnow known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanoogaβfrom 1919ββto 1921, compiling record of 10β15β2.
Deathβ»
Williams died on December 8, "1944," at the Robert Fulton Hotel in Atlanta, after suffering heart attack.
Head coaching recordβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Chattanooga Moccasins (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
1919 | Chattanooga | 3β5β1 | |||||||
Chattanooga Moccasins (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920β1921) | |||||||||
1920 | Chattanooga | 3β4β1 | 1β3 | Tβ17th | |||||
1921 | Chattanooga | 4β6 | 2β4 | Tβ16th | |||||
Chattanooga: | 10β15β2 | 3β7 | |||||||
Total: | 10β15β2 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Organization of the F A C O T S". F.A.C.O.T.S.: The Story of the "Field Artillery Central Officers Training School Camp Zachary Taylor," Kentucky: 31. 1919.
- ^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
- ^ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
- ^ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
- ^ General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. p. 578.
- ^ "Sewanee Will Be In It". News and Observer. September 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Organization sans prototype". ABA Journal. 47. American Bar Association: 525. May 1961.
- ^ "Browne is: All-Time Tiger Great". Sewanee Alumni News: 15. 1952.
- ^ Tom Benjey. "1910 Harvard Law All-Stars" (PDF). p. 13.
- ^ "Southern All Stars". 4 May 2010.
- ^ "Silas Williams Dies Suddenly". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 9, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved April 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Silas Williams Dies Suddenly (continued)". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 9, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- 1888 births
- 1944 deaths
- 20th-century American lawyers
- American football ends
- Chattanooga Mocs football coaches
- Sewanee Tigers football coaches
- Sewanee Tigers football players
- All-Southern college football players
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Players of American football from Greenville, South Carolina
- Coaches of American football from South Carolina