About Boyd Hill
Lived 1878 – 1908 (aged 30). Boyd Hill was an American basketball coach.
Boyd Almon Hill (September 16, 1878 – December 31, 1908) was an American college football and basketball coach. He served as head football coach at Central State Normal School (now the University of Central Oklahoma) in 1904, Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in 1905, and Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Oklahoma State University–Stillwater) from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–16–4. Hill was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M for one season in 1907–08, tallying a mark of 2–3.
Hill was born on September 16, 1878, in Harlem, Illinois, and graduated from high school in Belvidere, Illinois. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1899, but withdrew in 1902 due to illness. Hill moved to Beaver County, Oklahoma in 1903, then to Edmond, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Central State Normal School in 1905. He died of meningitis on December 31, 1908, at his home in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Who was Boyd Hill?
American football and basketball coach
When was Boyd Hill born?
Boyd Hill was born on 16 September 1878 in Harlem.
When did Boyd Hill die?
Boyd Hill died on 31 December 1908 in Stillwater.
What was Boyd Hill's occupation?
Boyd Hill was a basketball coach.
What nationality was Boyd Hill?
Boyd Hill was American.
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