Willie Heston

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Willie Heston

American athlete

Also known as: William Martin Heston

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Byname of:: William Martin Heston

Born:: Sept. 9, 1878, Galesburg, Ill., U.S.

Died:: Sept. 9, 1963, Traverse City, Mich. (aged 85)

Awards And Honors:: All-America team

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Willie Heston (born Sept. 9, 1878, Galesburg, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1963, Traverse City, Mich.) was a U.S. collegiate halfback who played with Fielding Yost’s University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) teams that from 1901 through 1904 scored 2,326 points in 44 games to their opponents’ 40 points. Heston graduated from Grant’s Pass (Oregon) High School and played football at San Jose (Calif.) State Normal College, where Yost was an assistant coach before going to Michigan in 1901. Heston led Michigan to two national championships (1901–02) and to a victory in the first Rose Bowl game (1902), in which Michigan set ...(100 of 203 words)

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