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Willard Witte

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Sport(s)
  
Basketball, football

Name
  
Willard Witte

1930–1939
  
Wyoming

1927–1930
  
Nebraska

1927–1929
  
Nebraska


Willard Witte

Born
  
April 3, 1906 Lincoln, Nebraska (
1906-04-03
)

Died
  
February 13, 1966(1966-02-13) (aged 59) Fremont, Nebraska

Position(s)
  
Halfback, quarterback (football)

Willard A. "Dutch" Witte (April 3, 1906 – February 13, 1966) was the head men's basketball and football coach of the University of Wyoming from 1930–31 through 1938–39 (basketball) and 1933 through 1938 (football). He led the Cowboys basketball team to an overall record of 134–51 in his tenure. His 1933–34 team, led by his younger brother and two-time consensus All-American Les Witte, finished 26–4 and were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation. He died in 1966 at a hospital in Fremont, Nebraska. He also coached Wyoming to three division titles and two outright conference championships. He was inducted in the University of Wyoming Hall of Fame on September 12, 2003.

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