Edmunds (right) pictured with Clyde Engle in Ariel 1921, Vermont yearbook
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Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania |
November 29, 1885
Died | April 1977 (aged 91) Clearwater, Florida |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1908–1910 | Michigan |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1912 | West Virginia |
1913–1916 | Washington University |
1919 | Vermont |
Basketball | |
1913–1914 | Washington University |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 19–22–2 (football) 7–6 (basketball) |
William Philip Edmunds (November 29, 1885 – April 1977) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, college athletics administrator, and medical doctor. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1908 to 1910. He was the head football coach at West Virginia University (1912), Washington University in St. Louis (1913–1916), and the University of Vermont (1919), compiling a career college football coach record of 19–22–2. Edmunds was also the head basketball coach at Washington University for on season in 1913–14, tallying a mark of 7–6.
Edmunds was born in Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania in November 1885. His parents, David and Eliza Edmunds, were immigrants from Wales. At the time of the 1900 United States Census, the family was living in Youngstown, Ohio.
After growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, Edmunds attended the University of Michigan where he received a medical degree as part of the Class of 1912. While at Michigan, Edmunds played football for Fielding H. Yost on the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1908 to 1910. He started two games as a fullback for the 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team. For the 1909 team, he started two games at right guard and one at left tackle. In 1910, he started two games at left end, three at left tackle, and one at right tackle. He was selected as an All-Western Conference tackle after the 1910 season.