Walter Jewell
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1896-02-24)February 24, 1896 Iowa, U.S. |
Died | January 27, 1980(1980-01-27) (aged 83) Decorah, Iowa, U.S. |
Alma mater | Iowa (JD, 1919) |
Playing career | |
1917 | Iowa |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1919 | Luther |
1921 | Allerton HS (IA) |
Walter W. Jewell (February 24, 1896 – January 27, 1980) was an American football player and coach.
Jewell played college football as a tackle at the University of Iowa, lettering in 1917.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Iowa with a J.D. degree in 1919.[1]
In the fall of 1919, he was hired as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The program had been discontinued, and Jewell was charged with building a football team out of students who had "practically no experience".[3] On October 11, 1919, Jewell led the team to a 29 to 6 victory in Luther's first college football game in 20 years.[4] Jewell was the head coach at Luther for three months from September to November 1919.[1]
Jewell taught and coached at a high school in Allerton, Iowa from 1921 to 1922 and practiced law in Decorah starting in 1919.[1] Jewell died at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, on January 27, 1980.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Luther College through sixty years, 1861-1921. Augsburg Publishing House. 1922. p. 128. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ "Iowa Football Media Guide". Iowa Hawkeyes football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ Luther College through sixty years, 1861-1921. Augsburg Publishing House. 1922. p. 333. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ "Luther Defeats Campion". The Des Moines Register. October 12, 1919. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Walter W. Jewell". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. January 28, 1980. p. 5. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Walter Jewell at Find a Grave
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