About Alfred W. Place
Lived 1877 – 1955 (aged 78). Alfred W. Place was an American head coach and american football player.
Alfred William Place (May 8, 1877 – September 19, 1955) was an American college football player and coach, minister, and missionary. He was the sixth head football coach at Buchtel College—now known as the University of Akron—helming the team for one season in 1903 and compiling a record of 0–2. Place played football as a halfback at the University of Chicago. He was a missionary in Japan from 1907 to 1913. Place died on September 19, 1955, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, from injuries he sustained while blasting tree stumps on his farm near Mooresville, Indiana.
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Who was Alfred W. Place?
American football coach (1877-1955)
When was Alfred W. Place born?
Alfred W. Place was born on 8 May 1877 in Rudolph.
When did Alfred W. Place die?
Alfred W. Place died on 19 September 1955 in Indianapolis.
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Alfred W. Place was a head coach and american football player.
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Alfred W. Place was American.
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