Billy Suter
Suter, c. 1901
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 10, 1874 Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 31, 1946 (aged 71) Bronxville, New York |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1894? | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1895? | Penn State |
| 1896–1898 | Princeton |
| Baseball | |
| 1896–1899 | Princeton |
| Position(s) |
Quarterback (football) Outfielder (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1899–1901 | Sewanee |
| 1902 | Georgetown |
| Baseball | |
| 1899–1901 | Sewanee |
| 1902 | Georgetown |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–6–3 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 SIAA (1899) | |
Herman Milton "Billy" Suter (December 10, 1874 – October 31, 1946) was an American football and baseball player, coach, referee, and athletic director. He was also a newspaper publisher.
Suter was born on December 10, 1874 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to Henry Suter. Henry was from Sutersville, Pennsylvania and died in 1883.
Suter played for Washington & Jefferson and Penn State before enrolling at Princeton University. As a member of the Princeton Tigers he once ran for a 95-yard touchdown against Harvard.
J. G. "Lady" Jayne, coach of the 1898 Sewanee team, also a Princeton grad, was hired to coach in North Carolina. Jayne recommended Suter, with whom he had roomed at Princeton. Suter coached the famed "Iron Men" of the 1899 Sewanee Tigers which went 12–0, outscored opponents 322 to 10, and won 5 games on a 6-day road trip all by shutout. It is recalled memorably with the phrase "...and on the seventh day they rested." Grantland Rice was a shortstop on the Vanderbilt baseball team at the same time as Suter coached Sewanee. Rice praised his value as a leader, "yet he was one of the strictest disciplinarians I've ever known." Suter coached the Georgetown Hoyas for a year, going 7–3.
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