Len Watters

Len Watters
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1898-06-04)June 4, 1898 Dubuque, Iowa
Died	December 1986 (1987-01) (aged 88)
Playing career
Springfield College
1924	Buffalo Bisons
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1962	Williams

Leonard Alvyn Watters (June 4, 1898 – December 1986) was an American football player and coach.

Watters was born in Dubuque, Iowa and attended Central High School in South Bend, Indiana, and Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[1] He played professional football for the Buffalo Bisons in the 1924 NFL season, appearing in eight games for the Bisons.^[1] Watters spent 42 years as a coach, including 15 years as the head football coach for Williams College from 1948 to 1962.^[2] In 15 years at Williams, he compiled a record of 68 wins and 47 losses and ranks fourth in career wins among Williams College football coaches.^[3]

References

1 2 "Len Watters". databasefootball.com. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
↑ Griffith, Owen (1962-11-16). "Ephmen, Jeffs each 6-1 in Title Game; Len Watters Ends 42 Years As Coach". The Hartford Courant.
↑ "Williams College Division III Football Record Book" (PDF). Presto Sports.

Williams Ephs head football coaches

Samuel B. Newton (1907–1909)
Fred Daly (1914–1915)
Mysterious Walker (1917)
No team (1918)
Joseph W. Brooks (1919–1920)
Percy Langdon Wendell (1921–1924)
Douglas Lawson (1925–1927)
Charlie Caldwell (1928–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
A. Barr Snively (1946–1947)
Len Watters (1948–1962)
Frank Navarro (1963–1967)
Larry Catuzzi (1968–1970)
Al Jacks (1971)
Bob Odell (1971–1986)
Dick Farley (1987–2003)
Mike Whalen (2004–2009)
Aaron Kelton (2010–2015)
Mark Raymond (2016– )

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