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Myron E Witham

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Sport(s)
  
Football, baseball

1906
  
Purdue

1920–1925
  
Colorado

Role
  
American football player

1901–1903
  
Dartmouth

1920–1931
  
Colorado

Name
  
Myron Witham

Positions
  
Quarterback

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Born
  
October 29, 1880 Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts (
1880-10-29
)

Overall
  
63–31–7 (football) 29–25 (baseball)

Died
  
March 7, 1973, Burlington, Vermont, United States

Myron Ellis Witham (October 29, 1880 – March 7, 1973) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University in 1906 and at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1920 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 63–31–7. He was also the head baseball coach Colorado from 1920 to 1925, tallying a mark of 29–25. Witham was born in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts on October 29, 1880. He attended Dartmouth College and was captain of the football team there in 1903. Witham taught mathematics at Purdue, Colorado, the University of Vermont, and Saint Michael's College. He died on March 7, 1973 in Burlington, Vermont.

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Myron E. Witham Wikipedia