William W. Lawson

William W. "Buster" Lawson Sr. ( – February 24, 1986) was an American football, basketball, baseball, track and field coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina from 1943 to 1953, and Virginia State College—now known as Virginia State University—in Petersburg, Virginia from 1954 to 1969.

A native of Camden, South Carolina, Lawson received a bachelor's from Allen University and a master's degree in physical education from Columbia University. He played football at Allen, and then served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater under Thomas B. Nelson in the early 1940s. Lawson also coached baseball, basketball, and track and field at Allen, and served as the school's athletic director. At Virginia State, Lawson also taught physical education before retiring in 1972. He died on February 24, 1986, at a hospital in Petersburg.

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