Class Graduate Role American football player College Yale (1907–1909) Died February 15, 1960 | Place of birth Cincinnati, Ohio Education Yale University Name William Goebel Positions Guard | |
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Date of birth (1887-06-24)June 24, 1887 Date of death February 15, 1960(1960-02-15) (aged 72) | ||
William Arthur Goebel (June 24, 1887 – February 15, 1960) was an American football player. He played college football at Yale University and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1908 College Football All-America Team.
Gilman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. He was the son of Justus Goebel, the owner of a wholesale and retail carpet business known as Lowry & Goebel. Goebel received his preparatory education at Union High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and in private studies in Cincinnati. He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football, track and wrestling teams. As a guard for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team selection for the 1908 College Football All-America Team. He also won wrestling championships in 1907 and 1909 and was elected president of the Wrestling Association during his senior year. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon while at Yale.
He died in 1960 and was buried at the Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.