Sport(s) Football 1899 Mississippi | Overall 3–4 Name W. Lyon | |
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Born September 15, 1872
Boonton, New Jersey ( 1872-09-15 ) Died April 3, 1957, Stamford, Connecticut, United States Alma mater Eastern Kentucky University, Yale University | ||
William Hillyer Lyon (September 15, 1872 – April 3, 1957) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1899. During his one-season tenure at Ole Miss, Lyon compiled an overall record of three wins and four losses (3–4). Lyon was born in 1872 in Boonton, New Jersey. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
In 1906, Lyon was working for a lumber company in Bridgeport, Connecticut as a travelling salesman. By the time of World War I, Lyon living in Bridgeport working as an accountant for the United States Government.
He died in Stamford in 1957.
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