Dwight Watson (American football)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 29, 1873 Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Died | December 28, 1920 (aged 47) South Haven, Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| 1899 | Michigan State Normal |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | Michigan State Normal |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–1–1 (.500) |
Dwight Grant Watson (May 29, 1873 – December 28, 1920) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University) during the 1899 college football season. He was also involved in the telephone industry in its early years, serving as manager of the Michigan Telephone Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and as the general manager of the Van Buren County Telephone Company in the years prior to his death.
Watson was born in 1873 in Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan. His father, Jerome Watson, was a farmer. At the time of the 1880 U.S. Census, he was the seventh of nine children ranging from age 1 to age 26. He became a school teacher, and as of 1894, he was teaching elementary school in Lacota, Michigan.
In the late 1890s, Watson enrolled at Michigan State Normal College (now known as Eastern Michigan University) located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. During the 1899 college football season, he served both as a player and as the head college football coach for the Michigan State Normal Normalites (now called the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. He was a third-year student at the college during his tenure as the football coach. His coaching record at the school was 1 win, 1 loss and 1 tie. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #32 at Eastern Michigan in total wins and #14 at the school in winning percentage (.500).
Watson served with the 31st Michigan Volunteers Company G in 1898 during the Spanish–American War. He was under the command of former Michigan Normal head football coach and future Governor of Michigan Fred W. Green.
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