William Fincke

William Mann Fincke (January 1, 1878 – May 31, 1927) was an American football player, pacifist minister, and educator. He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1900. He later became a Presbyterian minister, pacifist, and proponent of the social gospel. Along with his wife, Helen, he founded both the Brookwood Labor College and the Manumit School.

Early life Fincke was born in New York City in 1878. His father, William Mann Fincke, was a businessman. His step-brother was Lincoln Ellsworth. Fincke was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi fraternity (St. Anthony Hall) while attending Yale. He was also a class deacon and the chairman of the Class Supper Committee. He graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1901 with a Ph.B. degree.

Personal life In 1927, at age 49, Fincke died of lymphatic leukemia at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. He was buried at Manumit School.