H. L. Fairbanks
American baseball player, football player/coach, and lawyer
About H. L. Fairbanks
Lived 1871 – 1909 (aged 37). H. L. Fairbanks was an american football player and baseball player.
Hiland Lockwood Fairbanks (September 21, 1871 – February 15, 1909) was an American minor league baseball player, lawyer and college football player and coach. He was a two-sport athlete at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, playing quarterback on the school's football team and serving as a team captain in 1893. During his collegiate days, he also played baseball for the Bangor Millionaires. After graduating, he served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi for one season, in 1895, compiling a record of 2–1.
Fairbanks died after suffering from tuberculosis in 1909. The Hiland Lockwood Fairbanks award at Bowdoin is named in his honor.
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Who was H. L. Fairbanks?
American baseball player, football player/coach, and lawyer
When was H. L. Fairbanks born?
H. L. Fairbanks was born on 21 September 1871 in Farmington.
When did H. L. Fairbanks die?
H. L. Fairbanks died on 15 February 1909 in Bangor.
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H. L. Fairbanks was an american football player and baseball player.
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