Silas Williams
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 9, 1888 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 1944 (aged 56) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1905–1909 | Sewanee |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1914–1915 | Sewanee (assistant) |
| 1919–1921 | Chattanooga |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–15–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2× All-Southern (1908–1909) Second-team All-Time Sewanee football team | |
Silas McBee "Sike" Williams (June 9, 1888 – December 8, 1944) was an American college football player and coach as well as a lawyer.[1]
Sewanee
[edit]Williams was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, selected second-team for its All-Time football team,[2] He stood 5'9" and weighed 150 pounds.
1909
[edit]Williams was selected All-Southern[3][4] and captain of the SIAA champion 1909 team.[5][6]
Harvard
[edit]He also attended Harvard Law School,[7] receiving his LL. B. in 1913.[5]
Law school football
[edit]There in a game of all-stars from Michigan, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt against Harvard, including Germany Schulz at center and Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin at left guard, Williams played on Harvard's team against his former quarterback Chigger Browne.[8][9] That game ended in a scoreless tie. A second game was played between Harvard Law School and a different "All-Southern" team. Williams scored the only points in the 5 to 0 victory when he ran in a touchdown off a Stephen Galatti pass.[10]
Chattanooga
[edit]Williams served as the head football coach at the University of Chattanooga—now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga—from 1919 to 1921, compiling a record of 10–15–2.
Death
[edit]Williams died on December 8, 1944, at the Robert Fulton Hotel in Atlanta, after suffering a heart attack.[11][12]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Moccasins (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Chattanooga | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Chattanooga Moccasins (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1920–1921) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Chattanooga | 3–4–1 | 1–3 | T–17th | |||||
| 1921 | Chattanooga | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–16th | |||||
| Chattanooga: | 10–15–2 | 3–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 10–15–2 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Organization of the F A C O T S". F.A.C.O.T.S.: The Story of the Field Artillery Central Officers Training School Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky: 31. 1919.
- ^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
- ^ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
- ^ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
- ^ a b General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. p. 578.
- ^ "Sewanee Will Be In It". News and Observer. September 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Organization sans prototype". ABA Journal. 47. American Bar Association: 525. May 1961.
- ^ "Browne is All-Time Tiger Great". Sewanee Alumni News: 15. 1952.
- ^ Tom Benjey. "1910 Harvard Law All-Stars" (PDF). p. 13.
- ^ "Southern All Stars". May 4, 2010.
- ^ "Silas Williams Dies Suddenly". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 9, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved April 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Silas Williams Dies Suddenly (continued)". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 9, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved April 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
- 1888 births
- 1944 deaths
- 20th-century American lawyers
- American football ends
- Chattanooga Mocs football coaches
- Sewanee Tigers football coaches
- Sewanee Tigers football players
- All-Southern college football players
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Players of American football from Greenville, South Carolina
- Coaches of American football from South Carolina