About Worth B. Yancey
Lived 1879 – 1912 (aged 33). Worth B. Yancey was an American american football player.
Worth Bryan Yancey (July 3, 1879 – August 26, 1912) was an American college football player and coach and minor league baseball player. He served as the head football coach at Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia from 1907 to 1908.
Yancey attended Kentucky University—know known as Transylvania University—Lexington, Kentucky, where he played football. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethany College in 1909.
Yancey played for the Americus Pallbearers of the Georgia State League in 1906. He also managed the Lexington Baseball Club. Yancey died on August 26, 1912, at his mother's home in Lexington, following a 17-month-long illness.
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Who was Worth B. Yancey?
American baseball player (1879-1912)
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Worth B. Yancey was born on 3 July 1879 in Kentucky.
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Worth B. Yancey died on 26 August 1912 in Lexington.
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Worth B. Yancey was an american football player.
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Worth B. Yancey was American.
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