W. H. Lillard
Lillard as Dartmouth coach in 1909
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 20, 1881 Paris, Illinois |
| Died | June 30, 1967 (aged 85) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1903–1904 | Dartmouth |
| Position(s) | Left end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1905–1906 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
| 1907–1908 | Andover |
| 1909 | Dartmouth |
| 1910–1915 | Andover |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–1–2 (college) |
Walter Huston "Cappy" Lillard (November 20, 1881 – June 30, 1967) was an American football coach and educator. He coached the Dartmouth College football team for one season in 1909 and amassed a 5–1–2 record. Lillard taught English and coached football at Phillips Academy, Andover, and later became the headmaster of the Tabor Academy.
Lillard was born on November 20, 1881 in Paris, Illinois. He attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1905. Lillard played on the football team as a left end and earned varsity letters in 1903 and 1904.The Dartmouth wrote that "Lillard, though an exceedingly light man for college football, was enabled to hold an end position on several of the strongest teams ever representing the Green." Lillard was a player on the 1903 team, which was the first in school history to defeat Harvard. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1905.
Upon graduation, Lillard served as an assistant coach at Dartmouth in 1905 and 1906. In 1907, the preparatory school Phillips Academy, Andover hired Lillard as an English instructor and head football coach, which made him the first faculty member to serve as a head coach, ending the school practice of hiring professionals. His appointment was praised by the Andover faculty which blamed the professional coaches for "illegal recruiting, and the commercialism which had crept into college athletics, particularly football." He coached Andover again the following year, before his team's success on the gridiron attracted the attention of his alma mater.
In December 1908, the Dartmouth athletic council selected the football staff which consisted of four graduates: W. J. Randall (1896), Leigh Turner (1901), and Joseph T. Gilman (1905), and Lillard, who was chosen as the head coach. He also took direct responsibility for the ends. Lillard took a leave of absence from Andover to attend graduate school at Oxford University in England and then to coach at Dartmouth during the 1909 football season. During his tenure, the Green compiled a 5–1–2 record.
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